Celina City Council members approved an updated version of the city’s master fee ordinance—a compilation of all city-related fees including permits, various memberships and utilities—during an Oct. 8 meeting.
The breakdown
Included in the updates was a breakdown of the new membership fees for the Ralph O’Dell Senior Center. The new fees were originally approved by council in September alongside a code of conduct and other membership guidelines.
Most of the city’s departments did not submit any fee changes this year—fire, emergency medical services (EMS), planning, library, health, utility, sanitation and tree mitigation will stay the same, according to a meeting presentation.
A majority of the updates were for Celina’s development fees, according to the presentation.
Other updates included the following:
- A clarification that a custom partnership agreement is required before leasing the Downtown Square for any events
- A clarification that the site restoration deposit is refundable
- A new public inconvenience penalty
Some context
Celina staff update the fee chart regularly, Director of Development Services Dusty McAfee said. This most recent revision included removing some duplicate fees, adding any recent state law changes, including the senior center memberships and general clean-up, he said.
Going forward
The new fees, aside from the senior center’s fees which were approved last month, went into effect when council approved the ordinance.
