Community Development Department seeks consultant and fee study after midyear deficit; board asks for strategic review
Facing a roughly $500,000 midyear deficit driven by planning and building shortfalls and a building division loan, the Community Development Department proposed three options—no fee increases with staff cuts, moderate fee increases with reductions, or full cost‑recovery fees and maintained staffing—and the board gave consensus to issue an RFP for an external consultant to study fees, structure and incentives for economic development.
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Community Development Director Miria Turner presented a detailed review of the department’s finances and a set of options to close a roughly $500,000 midyear shortfall. Building Division cash projections showed that a previously authorized loan improved near‑term cash flow but that making loan payments this fiscal year would leave the division at negative cash at the start of next fiscal year. For that reason, Turner recommended deferring a loan payment this fiscal year and spreading repayment across additional years.
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