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Board approves airport, animal-control and utility fee changes; county keeps lowest regional airport costs
Summary
The board adopted ordinances that modify airport rental fees, raised the animal impound fee from $8 to $10 per day, codified a $50 certificate of zoning fee, and approved a 4% increase in public utility user and connection fees tied to debt service.
The Board of Supervisors on May 26 approved multiple fee changes affecting the county airport, animal control and public utilities.
Rodney Hathaway presented ordinance O-06-26 proposing several airport fee adjustments (space rental, hangar rentals and tie-downs), noting that even with the increases the county remains the lowest-cost airport in the region. He also told the board the animal impoundment fee would increase from $8 to $10 per day and that the $50 certificate-of-zoning fee would be codified in the code because it had been collected but not previously written into the ordinance.
The board adopted O-06-26 on a recorded poll after questions about airport users and hangar availability. Hathaway said many users come from outside the county but a significant number of county residents use the facility; one board member noted a waiting list of about 35–40 residents for enclosed hangar space.
Separately, Hathaway presented ordinance O-07-26 to amend Appendix B (public utility fees), proposing a 4% increase in user, connection and availability fees to cover debt service tied to recent borrowings; meter fees were described as pass-through costs. The board adopted O-07-26 on a recorded poll.
Taken together, the fee changes adjust user charges across several county services and provide revenue to meet debt-service obligations and operational costs. The ordinances take effect according to the schedule in each adopted resolution and code amendment.
