Professional services -- such as lawyer and engineer fees -- are scheduled to cost the Town of Weaverville $135,000 in 2010-2011. Town council dismissed attorney Patsy Brison early during Thursday's (May 6) budget meeting to save some money and discussed whether an attorney's presence was needed at every municipal body meeting.
Building on Weaverville Town Manager Mike Morgan's suggestion about the importance of local funding in the face of looming state revenue cuts, the council will also consider an increase in permit and privilege fees. These fees have been stagnant since 1994. The town currently charges a business a $50 annual privilege fee to operate, meaning Walmart and a mom-and-pop store owe the same amount. A proposed idea is to make the privilege fees based on a portion of revenue.
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