Also at Thursday’s Plymouth City Council meeting, Troy Bowers, CEO of the Amador County Fair, and representatives of the Plymouth Flea Market presented the city with a 1,000 dollar check. The money was given to the council free of any designation, so the council “can do what they want with it.” Next on the agenda was a public hearing regarding the City’s possible adoption of a Long Range Planning Fee. The fee’s would be utilized to offset the costs incurred updating the General Plan, updating Zoning Codes, and other long range plans covering the next 20 to 30 years. The proposed fee per new resident was approximately 317 dollars, and roughly 2,100 dollars per commercial acre and industrial acre. These fees would be applied to the construction building permits. Gary Colburn, a Plymouth resident, stated that although “I am not an expert at planning fees…I am an expert at paying them.” And that “this council has continued to raise fees over and over again on its residents.”
City Administrator Dixon Flynn replied to the concerns regarding the rising fee by stating that “Plymouth is not a wealthy city, and that the state mandates updating the General Plan. Somehow these costs must be covered.” He also reminded the audience that the fee is not assessed “until a building permit is acquired” and will not affect those who own undeveloped lands. The resolution adopting the long-range planning fee was approved by the council unanimously.
Also at Thursday’s Plymouth City Council meeting, Troy Bowers, CEO of the Amador County Fair, and representatives of the Plymouth Flea Market presented the city with a 1,000 dollar check. The money was given to the council free of any designation, so the council “can do what they want with it.” Next on the agenda was a public hearing regarding the City’s possible adoption of a Long Range Planning Fee. The fee’s would be utilized to offset the costs incurred updating the General Plan, updating Zoning Codes, and other long range plans covering the next 20 to 30 years. The proposed fee per new resident was approximately 317 dollars, and roughly 2,100 dollars per commercial acre and industrial acre. These fees would be applied to the construction building permits. Gary Colburn, a Plymouth resident, stated that although “I am not an expert at planning fees…I am an expert at paying them.” And that “this council has continued to raise fees over and over again on its residents.” 
City Administrator Dixon Flynn replied to the concerns regarding the rising fee by stating that “Plymouth is not a wealthy city, and that the state mandates updating the General Plan. Somehow these costs must be covered.” He also reminded the audience that the fee is not assessed “until a building permit is acquired” and will not affect those who own undeveloped lands. The resolution adopting the long-range planning fee was approved by the council unanimously.
