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Council gives guidance to hire consultant (not to exceed $5,000) to develop street-maintenance fee
Summary
Council discussed using consultant EHT to calculate a street-maintenance fee and provided guidance to proceed with an engagement capped at $5,000; no final fee was adopted at the meeting.
Council revisited a discussion about a potential street-maintenance fee and the use of outside help to develop a methodology. A council member said the city spoke with consultant EHT, who indicated they could prepare a personalized "trick factor" calculation and asked for authorization to proceed with a not-to-exceed cost of $5,000. Several councilors said they wanted more information but approved moving forward with the consultant engagement so staff could present draft fee options (the final fee, structure and any impacts to residents or businesses were not decided at this meeting).
One councilor expressed concern about passing extra costs to businesses and ultimately to households; others said getting customized data was preferable to using a comparison model from another city. Staff said the $5,000 figure was a maximum and that the actual cost could be less depending on meeting needs. Council did not adopt any fee at this meeting and instead provided direction to proceed with the consultant up to the stated maximum.
