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Glenwood Springs council hears study recommending police and fire impact fees; work session urged
Summary
A consultant recommended charging builders for police and fire capital needs — roughly $1,400 per single‑family home and higher per‑unit fire fees for larger homes — and councilors asked for a workshop to review methodology before drafting an ordinance.
A consultant presented a study to the Glenwood Springs City Council recommending that new development pay impact fees to help fund police and fire capital needs.
Michael Burdon, managing director at BBC Research & Consulting, told the council the study follows Colorado legal requirements that fees have an "essential nexus" to the impact and be roughly proportional to it. Using a capital buy‑in method, the firm calculated a replacement value for police capital of about $7.8 million, and recommended an impact fee of about $1,400 per single‑family dwelling and about $1,000 per multifamily unit for police services. Nonresidential police fees in the report were roughly $1.00 per square foot for retail and $0.95 per square foot for office uses, the presenter said.
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