fee schedule
List of city charges and rules for fees, permits, and service costs.
Watch how the city applies the new building permit/inspection fee formula in real projects, and how often the caps come into play.
Typically discussed at City Council. Check back when the next agenda is published.
After a split vote to table it in November, council came back in December and passed a broad fee schedule update 9-0. The biggest “guardrail” residents will notice: building inspection fees now have caps—$2,500 for residential projects and $100,000 for commercial projects.
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passed 9-0 City Council · Dec 15, 2025 25-252 Ordinance to Amend Chapters 1-2-1 of the Municipal Code of the City of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, Fees, and Create Section 6-15 of the Municipal Code Titled “Weights and Measures”
Motion to waive reading and adopt the ordinance
Mark Bittner YesDoug Brandt YesShannon Derby YesBill LeClair YesDarla LeClair YesTim Petri YesBonnie Shimulunas YesScott Stechmesser YesAdam Wachowski Yes -
passed 9-0 City Council · Dec 15, 2025 25-228 Ordinance to Amend Chapters 1-2-1 of the Municipal Code, Fees (Tabled from November 17, 2025 meeting)
Motion to waive reading and adopt the ordinance with the amendment of a $2500 cap on residential projects and $100,000 cap on commercial projects for inspection fees
Mark Bittner YesDoug Brandt YesShannon Derby YesBill LeClair YesDarla LeClair YesTim Petri YesBonnie Shimulunas YesScott Stechmesser YesAdam Wachowski Yes -
passed 5-3 City Council · Nov 17, 2025 25-228 Ordinance to Amend Chapters 1-2-1 of the Municipal Code, Fees
Motion made by D. LeClair, seconded by Shimulunas to table this item to a future work session agenda (25-228 Ordinance to Amend Chapters 1-2-1 of the Municipal Code, Fees)
Shannon Derby YesBill LeClair YesDarla LeClair YesBonnie Shimulunas YesAdam Wachowski YesMark Bittner NoDoug Brandt NoScott Stechmesser No
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City Council voted 5-3 to table a proposed ordinance updating the city fee schedule.
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The proposed fee-schedule changes described included increasing some fees (including short-term rental licenses), adding a harbor sludge tipping fee that can be charged to the Army Corps of Engineers, and restructuring how building permit fees are calculated.
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City Council revisited the proposed fee and fine schedule overhaul, including a draft shift to a percentage-based building permit fee model that would increase costs for new construction and large commercial projects.
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Staff said the city has been undercharging and not covering inspection costs; council members raised concerns about large increases and asked for alternative fee structures (including caps and square-footage models).
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Council directed staff to return with multiple revised options for the Dec. 1 meeting; no vote or final decision was recorded for this agenda item.
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City Council adopted an ordinance creating an annual weights-and-measures license for devices used to compute charges by weight or measure, with operators paying the city’s actual inspection costs.
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The weights-and-measures ordinance passed 9-0.
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City Council adopted an ordinance updating the city’s master fee schedule, including increases to some fees, changes to short-term rental licensing, a new harbor sludge tipping fee that can be charged to the Army Corps of Engineers, and a restructuring of building permit fees.
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As part of the fee schedule update, council added an amendment capping inspection fees at $2,500 for residential projects and $100,000 for commercial projects.
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The fee schedule update ordinance passed 9-0.
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A proposed ordinance (26-058) would change the municipal court fee from $38 to $48.
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