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Livingston updates fee schedule; commission approves Resolution 5181 after public debate on event fees
Summary
The commission adopted Resolution 5181 updating city fees, including resident/nonresident differentials and limited authority for fee waivers for other government entities; public commenters urged waivers for long‑running community events and questioned fairness for downtown event organizers.
Staff presented Resolution 5181, an update to the citywide fee schedule covering departmental charges, resident vs nonresident differentials for recreation and cemetery plots, and proposed administrative authority to waive fees for other governmental entities that serve Livingston taxpayers.
City Manager Dan Gager explained the rationale: many departmental fees recover costs for services provided to private parties (for example, new water meters, street cut permits) and events incur overtime and off‑hours staff costs (police presence, trash receptacles, street…
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