Temple City Council adopts resolution correcting planning-services fee schedule

The Temple City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-5 773 to amend the Master Fee and Fine Schedule for fiscal year 2024–2025, updating planning-services fees to reflect a previously omitted cost-of-living adjustment. City Manager (name not specified) told the council that an oversight during the budget process had left the fee schedule without the intended adjustment; correcting it would restore approximately less than $1,000 in fees the city is entitled to collect but would not result in overcharging residents.

Council opened a public hearing on the correction, heard no public testimony, and then a council member moved to adopt the resolution; a second was recorded and the resolution passed on a unanimous roll-call vote (Council Members Chen, Man, Sternquist, Mayor Pro Tem youu, and Mayor Chavez recorded as "yes").

Council discussion was limited. The City Manager and staff characterized the item as a corrective update to align the fee schedule with earlier budget assumptions and emphasized that the change updates allowable fee amounts rather than imposing a new policy.

Details: the staff report cites a 3% cost-of-living adjustment that had not been carried through the fee schedule; later council comments corrected to a 4% figure during roll call and clarification. No resident testimony was received during the public-hearing portion.

Next steps: the amended fee schedule will be effective as adopted and reflected in the city’s master fee listings; staff will ensure the published schedule matches council action.