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Los Altos Hills committee reviews fee study that would raise many permit charges and add an administrative plan-review fee
Summary
FIC members pressed staff and consultants for clearer assumptions after seeing a draft fee study that proposes valuation multipliers, a new one‑hour planning charge on permits and separate plan‑check and building‑administration fees; staff will provide side‑by‑side examples and a revised fee comparison ahead of the May 11 follow‑up meeting.
Town finance staff and fee‑study consultants presented a detailed draft development services fee study and cost‑allocation plan at the May 4 FIC meeting, outlining how the town would move toward fuller cost recovery for planning, building and engineering services.
Thomas, the town finance lead, summarized the context: rising contract costs — notably an approximately $700,000 increase in the sheriff’s contract — and long‑term expenditure pressures have made the fee study necessary to shore up revenues. He said the full budget document would be published on May 8 and asked the committee whether members could meet again on May 11 to reconcile revenues and permit‑volume assumptions.
The fee study presentation explained the methodology: direct labor, indirect overhead and fully loaded rates were used to calculate per‑service costs.…
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