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Council pauses citywide fee overhaul after proposed cannabis and permit increases draw surprise
Summary
Council members praised the fee‑study methodology but called for more ad hoc review and business outreach after draft master fee figures — particularly proposed cannabis and planning fees — spiked compared with longstanding rates; council voted to continue the item for additional analysis and stakeholder input.
City council members on March 23 reviewed a draft citywide master fee schedule and cost‑recovery methodology that lays out how the city would recover the full cost of services through updated permits, application fees and service charges.
Staff presented an itemization of tasks, estimated times and blended productive‑hour rates used to compute proposed fees. The presenter described splitting each service into discrete tasks, assigning productive hourly rates to staff roles and aggregating overhead; using that method, for example, a typical burn permit would be recalculated at roughly $19.30 and the proposed fee was…
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