Crestview approves comprehensive fee schedule changes effective Oct. 1

The City Council approved Ordinance 2035 on second reading to update Crestview's comprehensive fee schedule for the coming fiscal year. Staff said the amendment aligns fees with rising costs for utilities, supplies, and services and aims to keep departmental operations more self-sufficient.

The ordinance includes removal of certain reductions to building permit fees, increases to park and event rental rates, adjustments to engineering review fees and subdivision review fees, and the addition of private-provider fee deductions required by Florida statute. Staff said the changes take effect Oct. 1, 2026. The council voted 4-0 with one absence to adopt the ordinance on second reading.

Council members did not raise substantive objections during the second-reading vote; staff asked that the council approve the amendment to move the fee schedule forward with the upcoming fiscal changes.