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Canaan Select Board raises salvage yard permit fee to $250
Summary
The Select Board voted Aug. 4 to increase the annual salvage yard/junkyard permit from $25 to $250 to meet state limits and cover enforcement costs; the motion to approve was moved by Scott Johnston and seconded by Sadie Wells.
The Canaan Select Board voted on Aug. 4 to raise the town—s annual salvage yard/junkyard permit fee from $25 to $250 to reach the maximum allowed by state regulations. The board opened a public hearing on the proposal and then approved the increase.
A motion to open the public hearing "regarding an increase in the permit fee for salvage yard/junkyard from the current $25 annual fee to a $250 annual fee" was made and seconded (Johnston, Wells) and approved. Later in the meeting, the board approved a motion (moved and seconded, Johnston; Wells) to adopt the $250 annual fee. The transcript does not record a numerical vote tally.
Board members and staff said the fee had not been collected regularly and that expenses associated with salvage operations and enforcement justified the change. The board noted the increase is intended to bring the town into compliance with state limits on salvage-yard permit fees and to provide funds for enforcement.
The motion was recorded as approved; the transcript does not specify further implementation details such as an effective date, application process changes, or how the town will track and collect previously unpaid fees.
