Resolution 6294 - Adopts 2025 Police & Fire Impact Fee ReportsRESOLUTION NO. 6294
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NOS. 5744 AND 5745 TO ACCEPT AND
ADOPT THE SEPTEMBER 2025 POLICE AND FIRE IMPACT FEE REPORTS AS
FINDINGS OF FACT AND TO ADJUST THE POLICE AND FIRE IMPACT FEE
SCHEDULES PURSUANT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL.
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Ordinance 1587 on October 16, 2006, which authorized
the imposition of impact fees for police and fire services; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the passage of Ordinance 1587 the city established impact fees for
police and fire services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council passed Resolutions 5441 and 5442 on August 2, 2010, and
Resolutions 5744 and 5745 on December 7, 2015, adjusting the police and fire
services impact fees; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to MCA 7-6-1602 the Impact Fee Advisory Committee analyzed the police
and fire services impact fees, collaborated with city staff in developing the City of
Kalispell Final Reports of Impact Fees for the Police Department and the Fire
Department, dated September 2025, and is now recommending accordingly that the
currently established impact fees be adjusted per City Council considerations, as
well as implementing those changes provided by SB 133; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit A attached hereto sets forth the fee schedules that have been recommended
by the Kalispell City Council for both police and fire services impact fees. The City
Council finds that the City of Kalispell Final Reports of Impact Fees for the Police
Department and the Fire Department, dated September 2025, referenced herein, as
approved and submitted by the Kalispell Impact Fee Committee, along with the
plan and schedule reasonably reflects the capital needs for police and fire services
in the City that may be reasonably charged through a police and fire services impact
fee.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL, MONTANA:
SECTION 1. That the Police and Fire Impact Fees be set pursuant to the Schedule
attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated fully herein by this
reference and that the City Clerk be directed to make the City of Kalispell
Final Reports of Impact Fees for the Police Department and the Fire
Department, dated September 2025, available to the public upon request.
SECTION 2. That this resolution adjusting the impact fee schedules shall become
effective immediately.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 6TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025.
ATTEST:
Aimee runckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Exhibit "A"
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Mark Johnso
Mayor
Police and Fire Impact Fees �d �, a 11 s q 1 W
2025 Final 2025
POLICE Report Council
Cost Based Adopted
Calculated Fee
Allowable
Residential per unit (1 ERU)
$183
$39
Multifamily per unit (0.8 ERU)
$147
$31
Commercial per 1,000 sq. ft. of build
$529
$15
space
2025 Final
2025
FIRE
Report
Council
Cost Based
Adopted
Calculated
Fee
Allowable
Residential per unit (1 ERU)
$745
S460
Multifamily per unit (0.8 ERU)
$596
$368
Commercial per 1,000 sq. ft. of build $1,113 $333
space
* Fees will increase annually in accordance with the producer price index by commodity, all
commodities using the 1982-84 base of 100.