related to television and film productions include raising the per diem from $50 to $500 for high-impact productions that use town property. Farrell explained that the amount of time the staff spent coordinating with production companies far exceeded the original fees.
“The fee structure was definitely needed because it’s a lot of work for our staff, the police department if we’re doing traffic control, confirming that notifications got out to our neighborhoods, making sure the right group of neighbors were notified, parking on street is coordinated,” Farrell said.
News and press coverage, school projects and other nonprofit productions are exempt from these amendments.