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Board approves revised fee schedule, defers mobile-vendor rules for ordinance work
Summary
After extended debate, the board approved a revised fee schedule—raising public notice fees, adjusting certified notice handling, adding a pickleball per-day line, updating some fines and fees, and explicitly leaving street/mobile vendor rules to pending ordinance revisions to be completed this fall.
The Slack board approved a revised town fee schedule at its July 13 meeting after detailed discussion of public-notice costs, business-license fees, vendor permits and mooring rules. The motion passed with a recorded abstention; most provisions were approved as presented while street/mobile-vendor rules were deferred for ordinance work.
Board members and staff discussed line-by-line changes, including raising the public-advertisement fee from $50 to $65 to better reflect staff time, clarifying certified notice costs, and adjusting building- and planning-related fees. The board also left the street and mobile vendor section out of tonight's approval pending further work on a separate ordinance (staff and the planning/code office will continue that work with a target of fall review).
Mooring and waterfront sections received multiple amendments during debate. The proposed mooring schedule in the packet included: a new mooring fee of $80 for first or nonconsecutive years, an annual renewal fee of $65, a mooring sticker fee of $50, a late-registration fee of $50 after July 15, and penalties for failure to remove moorings after Dec. 1 set at $200 per month in the draft. Public comment urged adding language to the ordinance that would require removal before freeze-up or by Dec. 1, whichever occurs first.
The board also debated animal-control and impound fee increases. The transcript records in-person dog-license fees and online-agent charges, and an impound schedule discussed by board members. One figure in the transcript for a later impound penalty reads as "$1.25" which appears to be a transcription or typographical error; the transcript record lacks a clear, consistent numeric value for the third-offense impound fee. Where the transcript was unclear, the article notes the ambiguity rather than asserting an unconfirmed figure.
A motion to approve the fee schedule as discussed (including the public notice increase and the added pickleball per-day line) was moved and seconded and the board voted to adopt the package while keeping street/mobile vendor items out for later ordinance refinement. The approved changes will be implemented through the town's fee schedule process and staff will return any ordinance-related changes to the board or ORC for formal adoption.
The board asked staff to return more detailed cost estimates for some items (for example, new-business administrative time and commercial rates for town facilities) and to codify mobile-vendor definitions so the forthcoming ordinance addresses proximity and preapproved locations.
The board recorded the vote on the fee schedule and then moved on to appointments and executive session.
