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“We have identified the full business cost of providing service to your customers,” Johnson said. As a business, you will not stay in business very long if you don’t know this information.
In some instances, the city may choose to subsidize services, such as recreation programs, while seeking full recovery of costs of others, such as for development, he added.
“These costs are occurring; the question now is who’s going to pay for these services the person receiving the services or the taxpayer. These are your only options,” Johnson said.
Laurie Tamura from Urban Planning Concepts expressed concern about possible fee hikes, noting that the City Council previously chose to keep fees low to foster development, which would benefit city coffers eventually.