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Chandler council OKs new citywide fee schedule

Some resident increases eliminated and OKed on 5-2 vote

Chandler City Council member Matt Orlando speaks at a 2025 meeting. Council voted, 5-2, Feb. 26 to approve a new citywide fee schedule for three departments that will go into effect March 2.

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A lengthy discussion led up to the Chandler City Council’s most recent approval of citywide fee increases.

And, just as when Council approved a similar sweeping fee increase a little more than a year ago, it wasn’t a unanimous vote.

Council approved a public works fee schedule with some increases in it unanimously at its Feb. 26 meeting. But since community services, police and cultural development department fees were voted upon as a separate motion, that only passed by a 5-2 margin.

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