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Peekskill proposes about 3% fee increases across services; some items spared
Summary
The comptroller said the 2026 tentative budget includes roughly 3% increases across the city fee schedule to help offset rising costs, while certain items — senior parking permits, birth/death/marriage records linked to state fees, some special recreation events, pool fees and taxi fees — are held flat.
At the committee-of-the-whole meeting, Comptroller Toni Tracy walked through the 2026 fee schedule and said the city broadly increased charges by approximately 3% to keep pace with rising costs. She characterized the increases as a routine adjustment to help recover the cost of services across departments.
Tracy listed specific exceptions to the general increase. "We have a small group of items that we did not increase the fees for," she said, naming senior parking permits, certain small map and copy fees, birth/death/marriage certificates (which are set by New York State), and some special recreation events such as seasonal holidays. She also said the police chief recommended holding taxi fees steady to help with license retention.
Councilmembers asked whether departments had been consulted on the increases; Tracy said the police chief asked that taxi fees remain unchanged and that staff would survey nearby municipalities and return with comparative data. The presentation noted utility charges and water rates are shown separately in the fee tab and that the fee schedule includes departmental income streams such as parking fines and building permits.
Councilmembers asked staff to follow up with a breakdown of fees for high-interest lines (for example, pool rentals and dispensary-related receipts) at a future meeting.
