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Trustees table fee‑schedule review after debate over planning fees and fireworks sales
Summary
Trustees debated changes to the town fee schedule, including minor site plan fees and inclusion of fireworks sales; resident concerns about wildfire risk were raised and trustees asked staff to rewrite the schedule for the next meeting.
Staff presented an updated, shorter draft fee schedule that incorporates state model traffic code and revises several land‑use and planning fees. Resident Rocco Blase (S12) raised concerns that a line permitting fireworks sales remains in the fee schedule and asked the board to consider removing it because of wildfire risk and to involve the planning commission on land‑use fee items.
Trustees discussed raising the minor site plan review fee (one suggestion: $125 → $150), clarifying how the major site plan square‑footage fee is calculated, and defining the "day" used in facilities‑use fees (trustees recommended specifying an 8‑hour period that must end by the town's quiet hours). Given these outstanding clarifications, the board voted to table the fee schedule for staff to rewrite with the requested edits and to consider a possible code amendment to restrict fireworks sales.
