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Algoma council raises short-term rental late fee to $300 and adopts 2025 fee schedule
Summary
Council approved an updated fee schedule to take effect Jan. 1, 2025, including setting the short-term rental late-payment total fee to $300 if not paid by the due date; the short-term rental change passed 6-1 and the full fee schedule was adopted by roll call.
The Algoma City Council updated the municipal fee schedule and set a late fee for short-term rental licensing. Council members debated how to encourage timely payment of the $100 application fee and whether a statutory late fee could be applied.
After discussion, a council member moved to set the short-term rental fee so that if payment is not received by the due date the total fee would be $300; the motion was seconded and passed 6-1. "If the payment is not paid by the due date, that the late fee goes to $300," a council member stated during the motion discussion.
Council then moved to adopt Resolution 12-07, the 2025 amended fee schedule (which includes the short-term rental change and a redaction fee added during the budget workshop). The resolution was moved and seconded and carried by roll-call vote as recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Staff said the amended schedule would take effect Jan. 1, 2025, and noted the process is manual in some enforcement steps; staff also said they will revise the draft language and confirm any statutory constraints before final publication.
