Next Tuesday (November 1, 2011), the Lake County Board of County Commissioners will be officially presented with the Capital Facilities Advisory Committee report, which contains recommendations for funding future county transportation needs. The report (click to view) tackles the estimated $700 million in transportation funding needs for the next 22 years (from 2013-2035). This is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Impact Fees’
As Predicted – Impact Fee Study is a Sham
After a year, the Lake County School Board finally received its impact fee study from Henderson, Young & Company (click here to view study), which is nothing but a sham and a total waste of the taxpayers’ money at a cost of $93,100. The study acknowledges that Henderson, Young & Company’s growth projection from their [...]
Capital Facilities Committee Hoodwinked
At the June 9, 2011, meeting of the Lake County Capital Facilities Advisory Committee (just the second meeting of this group), they approved the Duncan Associates Impact Fee Study. The last time this study was presented to a committee was over a year ago on May 20, 2010, when it was shown to the old [...]
Decision Time – Raise Taxes, Sell Lands, or Drive on Dirt Roads
Each day, it’s getting closer to decision time in Lake County on what can stay and what must go in regards to government services, facilities, and programs. Irrespective of party affiliation, political perspective, or cause, America is broke and the huge piles of money in the form of grants and earmarks from Washington, D.C. are [...]
Lake County Waives School Impact Fees for 15 Months
Breaking News Tuesday morning, the Lake County Board of County Commissioners voted 5-0 to retroactively waive $9,324 in school impact fees from January 1, 2011, through April 1, 2012. Because school impact fees are paid quarterly to the school district, the commission decided to refund school impact fees for anyone who has paid them in [...]
