Impact fees won’t be coming this year

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County won’t be imposing impact fees, at least not in 2025. The Board of County Commissioners recently terminated the agreement with the consultant that was to do an impact fee study, a necessary step in the process to impose the fees. The Jefferson County Commission terminated the agreement with David Taussig and Associates, Inc., (DTA) on Thursday, Dec. 19, upon the recommendation of staff. As explained by Deputy County Attorney Evan Rosenthal, the county had contracted the professional services of DTA to develop an impact fees study that would include “an appropriate and legally defensible impact fee methodology and fee schedules for