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Residents urge fiscal-impact notes for permits; prosecutor explains why an HR legal opinion was withheld
Summary
A Sagle resident urged that county permit applications carry fiscal notes from affected departments; a second public commenter said a requested legal opinion was withheld under attorney-client privilege and the county prosecutor explained the statutory exemption.
During the public-comment portion of the Jan. 13 meeting, Jim Pound of Sagle asked the board to consider an ordinance change requiring county departments to provide a fiscal note when a new permit or development application is filed so commissioners can see expected county costs up front. "The language on page 2 is basically the change has to do with receiving when a new application comes in and various departments report what their effects... include a fiscal note," Pound said, citing road and school impacts as examples.
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