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Newark council adopts FY2026'27 fee schedule, sends staff back with analysis of higher non-resident aquatic rates
Summary
After a lengthy debate over recreation cost recovery, the City Council adopted the FY2026'27 master fee schedule and narrowly (3'2) directed staff to return at the next meeting with a focused analysis of raising non-resident aquatic fees (20% and 25% scenarios).
The Newark City Council adopted the city's FY2026'27 master fee schedule on April 23 after extended discussion about recreation fees and cost recovery for non-residents.
City Accountant Ivan Quan presented staff's recommended updates, which apply a 3% CPI increase to many fees and add new legal and market-aligned charges to reimburse the city for services. Staff recommended the fee schedule take effect July 1, 2026.
Discussion centered on a long-standing…
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