Gunnison council approves fee changes, including fire and water monitoring charges

Gunnison's council approved a set of fee schedule amendments on June 17, 2026, the same night it adopted a 2026-27 budget that City Manager Dennis L. Marker's budget message says "does not include a property tax increase." ^[1][2]

Fire services fee

The minutes list a "Change to the local fire services fee. Currently $2 a month and a proposal to $4 a month." ^[1]

The budget message says, "A new dispatch expense line is shown in the fire department with $20,000 of potential expense," and "A $2 monthly fire fee increase is proposed to cover that cost." ^[2]

Culinary water monitoring charge

The minutes describe "another mandate from the state for a culinary water monitoring system" and say: "The fee will be .02 per 1000 gallons." ^[1]

"The fee is due July 2027, the month after the new budget, but by introducing the fee in this budget the city can collect it and then pay it rather than pay it and then collect it," according to the minutes. ^[1]

Other changes and the vote

The minutes also list changes for home-occupation business licenses, land use application fees, and a "White Sanitation increase due to fuel cost and clarification of the waste management fee." They give no dollar amount for the sanitation change. ^[1]

Councilor Pickett moved to approve Resolution 2026-08 "with an amendment by councilor Nielson" to include changes to the language on legal fees, and Councilor Childs seconded. The roll call was 4-0, with Nielson, Childs, Pickett and Peterson voting yes. ^[1]

Draft minutes of the July 15, 2026 meeting record unanimous approval of the June 17 minutes. ^[3]