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Lumis council introduces new code to overhaul user fees after consultant finds town recovering about 59% of costs
Summary
A Matrix Consulting study found Lumis recovers roughly 59% of full service costs and an under-recovery near $300,000; council introduced an ordinance to create one consolidated fee code and directed staff to return next month with the fee resolution for adoption.
The Lumis Town Council introduced an ordinance May 12 that would create a consolidated municipal code provision to govern nearly all local user fees, after a consultant's study found the town is under-recovering by roughly $300,000.
"It's important to understand what's the true full cost of providing all the services," Matrix vice president Kush Bingal told the council during a 45-minute briefing on the firm's bottom-up study. Bingal said consultants calculated time assumptions, fully burdened staff rates and overhead to determine the maximum justifiable…
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