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County raises several fee schedules, updates Ponderosa Landfill pricing and adds document shielding fee
Summary
Blue Earth County updated multiple fee schedules, raising planning-and-zoning application fees (to $900 for variance/interim/conditional-use applications), increasing several Ponderosa Landfill charges, and adding a $75 document-shielding fee for redactions under the state's judicial-security program effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Michael Stahlberger, director of Property & Environmental Resources, presented annual fee-schedule adjustments for multiple divisions and recommended changes discussed in a November work session. Key changes the board approved include increasing variance, interim-use and…
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