In an apparent attempt to kick the builders why they are down the City Council voted to raise impact fees from $4609 to $9,965.  Yep that is a 116% increase.  Steve Wood (Up for Re-Election), John Westwood, and Nina Barnes all voted to increase the fees while Jolene Goff and Dale Brinkerhoff voted against raising the fees.  
What I find equally appalling to the fact that our City Council voted to raise impact fees by over 100% is the fact that they paid Lewis, Young, Robertson, & Burningham $40,000 dollars to conduct a study of impact fees.  Then because they paid such an ridiculously high fee Councilmen Wood felt “It’s hard for me to sit down and say I know more than they do,” said Wood. “It was a tough decision, but I feel in my heart it was the right thing. … We paid for the study. It’s a waste of our money if we don’t do what they recommend.”
Councilmen Wood in all due respect we elected you as a City Councilmen to do what is best for our community not to follow some firms opinion of what we should do.  If we wanted Lewis, Young, Robertson and Burningham to make decisions for our city we would have elected them.  The fact that you based the decision on what we “Paid for the Study” and not what was right for the city shows your inability to make tough decisions.

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