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Oakland holds first reading of impact-fee ordinance after Raftelis study shows rising capital costs
Summary
Consultant Raftelis presented a revised 2025 impact-fee study showing increases for police, administrative facilities and utilities; commissioners pressed staff to revisit parks fees and discussed timing, legal limits and options before a July 22 second reading.
Oakland on July 8 held a work session and the first reading of Ordinance 2025-04, which would update the town’s impact-fee schedule for police, parks and recreation, administrative facilities, water and wastewater.
Michelle Galvin of consulting firm Raftelis told the commission the revised study (dated July 1) updates the town’s cost assumptions and allocation methods and reflects a new Capital Improvement Program. “Impact fees are one-time charges charged to new development to recover the costs of providing capital equipment needed to meet the demands of growth,” Galvin said, summarizing the statutory framework that governs what projects can be recovered through fees.
The study lists existing and planned infrastructure: roughly $840,000 in current police…
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