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Meridian Council hears status update on countywide development impact fees; staff told to draft ordinances and agreements
Summary
Staff summarized county proposals for countywide impact fees (coroner, EMS, jail) and legal questions about the coroner fee; council directed staff to draft successor intergovernmental agreements and Meridian-specific ordinance language while pausing action on the coroner fee until state clarification.
Kurt, a city staff member, briefed the Meridian City Council on a county proposal to implement countywide development impact fees and the city’s current posture on participating. He said the county’s analysis proposed three primary fees per single-family home: $59 for coroner services, $175 for EMS and $516 for jail impacts, while noting the coroner fee is legally ambiguous under state law and several cities have declined to adopt it.
Kurt reviewed steps Meridian has already completed: adopting relevant capital improvement plans and amending the comprehensive plan (but not adopting ordinances to collect fees). He described…
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