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Defiance council adopts comprehensive fee schedule, declares emergency
Summary
Council adopted a consolidated fee ordinance intended to bring city service charges up to cost, citing many fees last updated in 2009; council asked staff to verify several large increases before implementation.
The Defiance City Council on Dec. 16 adopted a comprehensive ordinance that updates city fees for a wide range of services and declared an emergency to enact the changes immediately.
City staff told council the existing fees were scattered throughout the codified ordinances and many had not been adjusted in more than a decade. Staff said division heads collected peer benchmarks and service-cost estimates and recommended increases for many service-level fees so the city can recover actual costs…
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