Council to lower public-records fees and codify building-permit footprint rule
Town Clerk Herd reported Star Valley Ranch's public-records fees ($150–$300/hour) exceed comparable jurisdictions; Council agreed to lower fees and directed staff to return with a recommendation. Council also confirmed a 2024 decision to calculate single-family permit fees based on the full main-level footprint including attached garages and will codify that clarification in the fee schedule.
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Town Clerk Herd told the Council that the town's public-records request fees—$150 per hour for records within the past three years and $300 per hour for older records—appear two to three times higher than comparable jurisdictions, where $50 per hour is a common benchmark. Council agreed to revise the fee schedule downward and asked staff to bring a formal recommendation to the August meeting, with a draft to be circulated by email in advance.
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