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Calistoga introduces fire department fee ordinance to recover some inspection and permit costs
Summary
The council introduced an ordinance to recover a portion of fire department operational costs through fees for permits and certain negligent large responses, with staff keeping initial subsidies to limit business impacts and allowing nonprofit exceptions.
Fire Chief Chad Matcham presented an ordinance at first reading Dec. 19 to begin recovering some fire department costs tied to operational permits, inspections and large, negligence‑related responses. The proposal relied on a fee study (based on the City of Benicia) and would initially recover a fraction of full costs with an intent to ease in increases over time.
Matcham said operational permits—covering assembly…
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