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Pine County board approves fee schedule increases for assessor, zoning and other services
Summary
County staff proposed and the board adopted a set of fee schedule changes including raising parcel data request fees (from 3¢ to about $2.05 per parcel), increasing camera request setup fees, and raising conditional/interim zoning permit fees from $600 to $850 to better reflect staff time and system costs.
County staff presented a package of fee schedule updates designed to better align user fees with staff time and the county's new systems, and the board adopted the updates after public questions. Kelly Schroeder, county auditor/treasurer, explained the assessor’s data request fee change (from 3¢ a parcel to roughly $2.05 per parcel) and a camera request setup fee increase from $10 to $50 to reflect the scale of data delivered digitally to large requestors like multiple‑listing services.
Schroeder also reported changes in the auditor‑treasurer and zoning fee schedules tied to new responsibilities: initial cannabis retail registration proposed at $500 and renewal at $1,000 (statutory options allow other calculations), conditional/interim use permits proposed to increase from $600 to $850 to reflect staff time, and low‑interest septic loan application fees proposed to rise from $96 to $150. Board members discussed whether the increases were fair to small users and heard that most of the large requests are rare; the board approved the fee schedule update (motion carried).
