In a 4-3 vote, the council approved a plan to more than double the fees in 2011. That is expected to inject $9.9 million into county coffers for construction projects that year.
But, facing uncertainty about the slowing economy, the plan first offers a two-year discount in order to encourage development in the short term.
Proponents of the fee increases say the move eventually will stop taxpayers from having to...
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