USER FEE SCHEDULE
Following the completion of a user fee study and adoption by City Commission, the City of Kentwood has a new user fee schedule. This schedule, which goes into effect May 1, 2024, provides the City with a more efficient way to establish administrative rates, fees and charges.
A user fee is what governments charge to cover the cost of providing a specific service, product or facility not paid for by taxes or other funding sources. This can include administrative services related to everything from the processing of various permits and applications to requests for records and reports, plan reviews, rental inspections and more.
In summer 2022, the City hired a consultant to study its current user fees and determine whether they accurately accounted for the true cost of providing various services by each department. The new user fees schedule reflects this review.
DOCUMENTS
Following is a link to the new user fee schedule that was approved by City Commission on March 5, 2024. The user fee study completed by MGT of America Consulting, LLC is also linked below.
QUESTIONS?
For questions about a specific user fee, please contact the appropriate department directly. Phone numbers and emails for every department can be found on their respective webpages at kentwood.us/departments.