From the Elkhart Truth:
Want to hang a banner over Main Street or close a street for a party? Or use water at an event on the city’s downtown plaza?
Beginning in January, it will cost you.
In May, Mayor Dick Moore warned that officials would look at new fees in the midst of the on-going budget crunch.
On Tuesday, the board of public works approved a series of new fees Tuesday morning.
It marks the first of what could be two rounds of new fees as city leaders cope with less than expected tax revenues in recent years as a result of state-mandated tax caps.
The changes include: $25 for street closures, $50 for water use on the downtown plaza, $25 for revocable permits such as requests to do work in a public right of way, $50 for emergency management at an event, $95 for a bridge banner, $175 for a Main Street banner and $85 for a banner spanning the Benham Avenue Bridge.
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City officials are studying other fees that Moore will likely consider after the first of the year. Those include adjusting the existing fee for building permits, a surcharge for moving violations such as speeding; a new fee for inspections police do involving wrecked or damaged vehicles and a booking fee for anyone held at the city jail.
Moore also sought to establish a trash fee ordinance earlier this year, but that was rejected by city council in a 5-4 vote.
The mayor and city council then agreed to cut the 2013 budget by $1.9 million. The mayor vetoed another effort by some council members to cut another $429,000.
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