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Mendon approves building-inspector and annexation fee schedules
Summary
The council approved a new building-inspector fee schedule proposed by the city’s new inspector and adjusted the annexation filing fee and deposit (filing fee $500; deposit $750). Council approved both items unanimously.
Mendon — The Mendon City Council voted Feb. 12 to adopt a new building-inspector fee schedule and to revise the annexation filing fee and deposit.
City Treasurer Daphne Carlson presented a fee schedule prepared with the new building inspector, Jason Major. The schedule ties plan-review and inspection fees to project value, with examples in the minutes showing proportional fees for plumbing, electrical and mechanical inspections and additional charges for plan review, re-inspections, solar installations and generators. The minutes note the building inspector is paid according to the fees collected rather than an hourly rate and that a recommended $200 up-front fee would cover ALUA plan-review time.
After public hearing and council discussion, Councilmember Bob Jepsen moved to approve the building-inspector fee schedule; the motion passed unanimously. The minutes record examples (for a $5,000 permitted-value job a calculated permit total example of $6,200 including trades) and other routine fee items (e.g., $75 for accessory buildings, $475 typical fee for solar under $50,000, and $150 residential-generator inspection fee).
On annexation fees, City Recorder Marilyn Atkinson recommended raising the professional-fee deposit; councilmembers moved to set the filing fee at $500 and the deposit at $750. Councilmember Amy Garbe moved to approve Resolution 2026-03 with the adjusted fees; Ben Watkins seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The minutes do not record additional changes to staffing or new allocations tied directly to the adopted fee schedules.
