A committee is looking into the user fees for the City of Plymouth to determine any increases needed.
Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver reminded the Plymouth City Council that she asked them in July of last year how a shortfall of approximately $452,000 will be made up due to a loss in property tax revenue. She said the loss could be due to tax abatements, property tax appeals, unpaid property taxes and property tax caps. In August of last year, she asked the council members how they were going to offset the raises for firefighters and police officers. Volunteers offered to form a committee to research user fees and possibly present a restructured fee schedule with increases to help offset the revenue loss.
According to Xaver, last week she asked if the committee has any recommendations at this point, and there were no recommendations ready to be presented. Xaver said a report could be presented at a future meeting.
