A complaint by a resident that she had to pay too much for a permit to replace her home water heater prompted a call for a complete review of residential building permit fees.

Alderman Carol Johnson asked for an explanation of the current fee for a resident to replace a home water heater.

Speaking at the March 17 board of aldermen meeting, Johnson said one of her constituents recently was charged $125 for a permit to install a water heater after her old one failed.

How did we come up with that kind of fee? Alderman Ed Gass asked. If were charging that much to install a water heater, Id like to get rid of that fee.

Mayor Jeff Palmore said the fee structure for permits had been in place for a long time.

Gass said its time to review what the city is charging residents to make repairs on their homes.

Lets send this to the operations committee and look at all the permit fees, he said.

Alderman Mike Bates said because of the crowded agenda for the upcoming meeting, the permit fee review would have to wait until a later meeting.

Well be glad to look at it, but not at the next meeting, Bates said.

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Aldermen Discuss Water Heater Replacement Fee

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