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Multnomah County raises most transportation permit fees about 5% and authorizes director to set waiver policy
Summary
The Board adopted a resolution to update transportation right‑of‑way permit fees (most increased 5%) and to authorize the director to implement a published fee‑waiver program; staff said fee revenue covers roughly $200,000 of a $1M program cost and state fee caps limit full cost recovery.
Multnomah County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to update the county’s transportation permit fee schedule, raising most fees by about 5% and authorizing the Department of County Services director to establish a public, published fee‑waiver policy.
Deputy Transportation Director Jessica Barry told the board the right‑of‑way permit program issues nearly 290 types of standard permits annually (not including about 2,500 over‑dimensional freight permits set by state statute at $8 each) and recovers roughly $200,000 a year in fee revenue against approximately $1,000,000 in program costs. Barry said the county’s current fee schedule had not been comprehensively…
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