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Holladay council debates a business-license fee study that separates base costs from "disproportionate" public-safety fees
Summary
A consultant told the council the study separates base processing costs from disproportionate public-safety costs tied to calls-for-service; council members raised concerns about sharp fee increases to some businesses and asked staff for budget-neutral and phased implementation scenarios and regional comparables.
Council members and a consulting firm spent extended time on a proposed rewrite of the city's business-license fee schedule, focusing on a two-pillar methodology (cost analysis and process mapping) that separates a base processing fee from "disproportionate" fees intended to capture extra public-safety costs.
The consultant described the approach: measure staff time and overhead to set a base fee, then use police and fire calls-for-service data applied against business license groupings to identify categories that exceed the citywide commercial…
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