Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Falmouth Select Board debates narrowing fee waivers as staff seeks policy rewrite
Summary
Staff opened a review of the town's 2016 fee‑waiver policy; board members discussed limiting full waivers, creating automatic small waivers to reduce administrative burden, protecting affordable‑housing waivers and returning with clarified policy language and thresholds.
Town staff asked the Select Board on April 27 to begin a review of the town’s fee‑waiver policy, which was adopted in 2016 and has not been substantially revised. The item was presented as a discussion and staff signaled it will return with proposed rewritten language.
Town staff outlined typical waiver activity (special events, nonprofit requests and a handful of project‑level waivers…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
