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With much discussion about the potential appointment of Public Works Director Danielle Singh to assistant city manager in Killeen taking a lot of attention, one topic that has somewhat been lost is the topic of impact fees in the city.
All that could change Tuesday as the Killeen City Council is expected to vote on the issue after having a public hearing.
Charged to developers and builders, water and wastewater impact fees help municipalities recoup costs of building roads and infrastructure up to new developments and structures.
On March 9, Singh gave a presentation on how the Capital Improvement Plan and Land Use Assumption factor into impact fees.
In a 6 to 1 vote, the Killeen City Council has approved a schedule designed to bring water and wastewater impact fees to the city.
At its Tuesday meeting, the council held a public hearing and considered a resolution approving the Capital Improvements Plan and Land Use Assumptions and establishing a public hearing date of April 13, 2021, to consider the adoption of water and wastewater impact fees.
Councilwoman Debbie Nash-King cast the only vote against the resolution.
âI voted against the fees because I voted for the NPR to develop a tax-free apartment complex and I believe in fairness across the board,â Nash-King said by email following the meeting, in reference to the housing development project set to be completed by Ohio-based NRP, Inc., to be developed by the Killeen Public Facility Corporation, which was created in February.
After years of discussion â and rejection â of developer impact fees, the Killeen City Council is set to renew that discussion.
At its Tuesday workshop, the council heard two presentations â one in public hearing and the other in the discussion items section â from City Public Works Director Danielle Singh. Both presentations dealt with impact fees, about which the city is hosting a public hearing next Tuesday, March 9.
Charged to developers and builders, water and wastewater impact fees help municipalities recoup costs of building roads and infrastructure up to new developments and structures.
Singh again touched on how the Capital Improvement Plan and Land Use Assumption factor into impact fees. Related to this, Singh presented a formula by which such fees are calculated, whereby overall recoverable Capital Improvement Costs are divided by the number of new service units.