Olivia council adopts 2025 fines and fee schedule, approves tax levy and operating budget

The Olivia City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 10, which updates the city’s 2025 fines and fee schedule, and approved resolutions establishing the final 2025 property tax levy and the 2025 operating budget.

Staff told the council the fee schedule revisions remove a reserve-account fee for residents without utility accounts, apply a 10% inflation adjustment to subdivision regulation fees and add language that successful appellants would not be assessed appeal costs. After a public hearing with no speakers, Council moved to approve Ordinance 10. "Those changes have been requested," staff said while summarizing the edits.

Council then approved Resolution 146 to authorize publication of Ordinance 10’s title and summary, followed by Resolution 147 setting the final property tax levy and Resolution 148 adopting the city’s 2025 annual operating budget. All votes were taken by roll call and carried unanimously with the council members present voting yes.

Why it matters: the adopted fees and the operating budget set charges and spending for the coming year. Staff said some fee changes respond to public input from the December 2 meeting; the budget resolution implements decisions from recent budget workshops.

Next steps: Resolution 146 authorizes publishing the ordinance summary; staff will finalize the ordinance text for public record and implementation. No additional hearings were scheduled on these items in the transcript.