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Amendments to the FY 2026-27 Miscellaneous Fees and Charges Schedule
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is for the Town Council to consider amendments to the Miscellaneous Fees and Charges Schedule. The proposed amendments would revise the definition of the resident fee for Recreation, Parks & Cultural Resources fees and restore two cemetery fees for Type Two burial spaces (cremations, alkaline hydrolysis, and similar interments) that were previously approved by the Town Council but were inadvertently omitted from the current fee schedule.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Finance, Recreation, Parks & Cultural Resources & Public Works
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Information
INFORMATION: Town staff were notified that the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted not to continue providing a subsidy for municipal recreation programming in FY 2026-27. The Town of Carrboro's adopted FY 2026-27 budget included $35,600 in anticipated revenue from this subsidy. The purpose of the subsidy was to allow Orange County residents to pay the same recreation program fees as Town of Carrboro residents.
To address the loss of this revenue, staff recommends amending the Schedule of Fees to revise the definition of "Resident" to mean a person who physically resides within the corporate limits of the Town of Carrboro or owns property within the corporate limits. Resident and non-resident fees already exist in the Schedule of Fees; however, under the previous arrangement, only individuals residing outside of Orange County were charged non-resident fees.
In addition, staff recommends amending the Miscellaneous Fees and Charges Schedule to restore two previously approved cemetery fees for Type Two burial spaces (cremations, alkaline hydrolysis, and similar interments) that were inadvertently omitted from the FY 2026-27 fee schedule. The fees are $500 per space for residents and $1,000 per space for non-residents.
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Fiscal and Staff Impact
FISCAL IMPACT: The proposed change to fee schedule for the Recreation, Parks & Cultural Resources department is expected to help the Town achieve the revenue assumptions included in the FY 2026-27 adopted budget following the loss of the Orange County recreation subsidy. Furthermore, restoring the previously approved Type Two cemetery fees will ensure the Miscellaneous Fees and Charges Schedule accurately reflects Council-approved fees and will allow the Town to collect associated revenues for these cemetery services.
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Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommend that the Town Council approve the proposed amendments to the FY 2026-27 Schedule of Fees.
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