Palm Beach County opposes cities’ efforts to get part of fees developers pay for roads.
This story originally ran Tuesday in StetNews.org.
The fight between cities and counties over who gets the money developers pay for road work could be decided this year by the Florida Legislature.
Cities back a bill that would give them control of the money that otherwise goes to counties. Counties object.
At stake in Palm Beach County: $20 million a year in developer fees that go to roads.
Continue reading “Gardens takes fight over county road money to Tallahassee”County says city just can’t do away with long-standing rules.
Negotiations to resolve a city-county dispute over at least $1.7 million in developer fees have failed, resulting in Palm Beach County suing Palm Beach Gardens Tuesday.
In its broadest form, the suit seeks to resolve a disagreement over county power. At issue is whether cities can collect money from new developments to resolve vexing local transportation issues without passing along fees to the county for regional road work.
Continue reading “Palm Beach County sues Gardens over developer fees”
