Council Meeting Wrapup for 4/30/2007 - Consent Agenda
Tonight we’ll attempt live blogging from the Council meeting.
5:32 PM Bill Deile spoke in favor of the SWAT team resource sharing.
5:33 PM Patti Schnell asks the council to pull the impact fee study and deny it.
The council pulled 2C the Impact fee study for discussion. The remainder of the consent agenda was approved.
Mr. Day, Mr. Hair and Mr. Berardi came out in opposition of 2c. Mrs. LePera reminds council that evaluating the impact fee does not mean it will cause a rate increase.
Carl Schwing called up Mark Mason to have him explain staff’s position. Mason explained that they were putting a contractor on retainer to review fees as needed over a three year period. He explained that it was important to bring someone in to review the fees that have not been reviewed. He pointed out that park fees have not been reviewed in Six years.
The Mayor asked if it was possible for the impact fees to go down. Mr. Mason said that council can choose to charge a lower amount than staff presents, but it may mean that all necessary costs are not covered. He said it is possible that some fees can be lower.
5:44 PM Stevens made a motion to approve 2c. Bertolini, Stevens and Lepera vote yes, the others all vote no. The motion fails.
