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Commission adopts Infrastructure Finance District policy, establishes fee schedule
Summary
To streamline processing and recover administrative costs, the commission adopted a policy on Infrastructure Finance Districts (IFDs) and a fee schedule that levies an upfront administrative fee (example cited: $2,000) and additional fees if a tax levy is proposed.
Commissioners adopted the county policy for establishing Infrastructure Finance Districts (IFDs) and an accompanying fee schedule to recover administrative costs tied to IFD and PID petitions. Staff explained differences between PIDs (jurisdiction-approved, ongoing property tax levies) and IFDs (developer-driven, upfront payments) and recommended fees to avoid shifting administrative costs to general taxpayers.
"They're very similar," staff said of PIDs and IFDs, "but IFDs are different in that they're developer-driven ... if you buy a lot within an IFD, generally, you're... not paying ongoing taxes — that amount is paid upfront when you purchase your lot." Staff proposed a $2,000 upfront fee for IFD administrative review and an $8,000 fee where a levy is proposed; commissioners approved the policy and fee schedule by motion.
County officials said the new fee structure is designed to cover increasing administrative workloads (plat review, governing-doc review, annual reporting) and to ensure developers, not general taxpayers, pay incremental administration costs for these petitions.
