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Royston officials had before them in July a proposed resolution to amend the city’s FY27 Rates and Fees Schedule for building permits and inspections. The item, listed as agenda item H-3, put potential citywide changes to charges paid during the permitting and inspection process up for official consideration, but the agenda does not record what action officials took.
The decision matters to property owners, builders and others whose projects require a city building permit or inspection. Those fees can shape the upfront cost of starting work and the cost of meeting required inspections, yet residents cannot tell from the agenda whether the proposal would raise, lower or otherwise restructure any charge.
The July agenda is the first record here showing the amendment moving into a public city proceeding. Rather than announcing an already completed rate change, it called for consideration of a resolution, meaning the proposal still required whatever action Royston officials chose to take at that meeting or in a later proceeding.
For applicants seeking permits or inspections, the practical question is what they would be charged and when. City officials, meanwhile, were asked to consider an amendment to the FY27 schedule governing those services. The agenda does not include statements from officials, applicants or other affected residents explaining their preferred outcome, so their positions on the proposed changes are not established.
What is documented is a proposal for a resolution; what is not documented is adoption, rejection, postponement or implementation. The agenda also does not list proposed fee amounts, effective dates or other terms of the amendment. As a result, it would be premature to describe any new permit or inspection price as approved or in effect.
The next public record to watch is Royston’s meeting minutes or a final resolution tied to the FY27 fee schedule. That record should show whether officials acted on item H-3 and, if they did, identify the specific building-permit and inspection fees and terms that remain undecided in the agenda now available.