# Staff Report to Council - Increases to Fees Meeting: Regular Council — May 2, 2016 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T04:02:49.725817+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [20160502-Agenda-Package]() Source pages: 55–55 ## AI-processed summary Report proposing fee increases for various municipal services by 2.9% to match the 2016 tax increase and recommending bylaw amendments. ## Extracted text ### Introduction Source pages: 55–55 2nd Floor · 877 Goldstream Avenue · Langford, BC Canada · V9B 2X8 T · 250-478-7882 F · 250-478-7864 ### Staff Report to Council - Increases to Fees Source pages: 55–55 ## Staff Report to Council - Increases to Fees ### Date: 02/05/2016 ### Department: Finance ### Subject: Increases to Fees ### Commentary Through the budget process, Council gave direction to staff to increase fees that are charged for various services by an amount that matches the 2016 tax increase (2.9%). Rates for fees are regulated by bylaw and included on tonight’s agenda are the following amending bylaws: - Bylaw 1634 to amend the fees in Building Bylaw No. 1160 - Bylaw 1635 to amend the fees in Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No.1000 - Bylaw 1636 to amend the fees in Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 113 Planning fees are regulated by a separate bylaw and proposed increases will be presented in a later report ### Financial Implications These fee increases are included in the 2016 budget. ### Options That Council: 1. Give three readings to Bylaws No. 1634, 1635 and 1636; or 2. Not proceed with fee increases Respectfully Submitted, Submitted by: Steve Ternent, Director of Finance Concurrence: Michelle Mahovlich, P.Eng, P.Geo, Director of Engineering Concurrence: Brent Molnar, Manager of Land Development Concurrence Jerry Worobec, Acting Building Dept. Manager Concurrence: Jim Bowden, Chief Administrative Officer Concurrence: Mike Leskiw, parks and Recreation Manager