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Commission approves telecommunications fee update amid transcription inconsistencies on amounts
Summary
The commission approved a text amendment updating administrative fees for certain telecommunications facility applications so the county can recover review and consultant costs; the meeting transcript contains apparent numeric transcription errors for the new fee amounts, which are noted below.
Rockdale County Planning Commission members voted Oct. 9 to approve a text amendment (Item R2) to update telecommunications application fees in subpart B of the planning and development code so the county can recover the cost of plan review, expert opinion and studies.
Staff told commissioners the change follows a recent, broader fee schedule update and that the amendment must come to the commission (subpart B) before it proceeds to the Board of Commissioners. Staff reiterated a statutory maximum total charge of $3,000 would remain in place.
Commissioners asked staff for background on the change and staff explained it was part of a routine update of fees "that had not been touched in a matter of years." The commission moved to approve the text amendment and the motion carried.
Note on transcript numeric clarity: the meeting transcript as recorded contains garbled numeric lines when staff read the new fees (for example, a line rendered as a prior fee of "500" and a new amount appearing as "$12.50" in the transcript). The transcript likely contains transcription errors for the new dollar amounts; the commission record on file with the county should be consulted for the authoritative fee figures.
