ISSUE #1: GROWTH . . . . . . . . . . . HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT?

Please Note: The Alternative Revenue Task Force decided in June 2004 to recommend an Adequate Facilities Tax rather than an Impact Fee to the County Commission. Since the Impact Fee is no longer a viable option, the RNA supports the County Commission's resolution for an Adequate Facilities Tax in order to lessen the burden of growth on the property tax payers.


BACKGROUND
 

 IMPACT FEES: IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS & RESEARCH

WHAT ISN'T WORKING & WHY
 

BERC Study: Alternate Sources of Revenue for Rutherford County - a .pdf document

County Government Handbook - a .pdf document

Private Acts of Rutherford County - a .pdf document

County Technical Assistance Service - website

TischlerBise is a fiscal, economic, and planning consulting firm focusing on cost of growth studies.

Cost of Growth/Fiscal Impact Analysis projects the net cash flow to a jurisdiction resulting from new development. This includes annual and cumulative expenses for all services that will be affected by new development.

Duncan Associates - Duncan Associates specializes in plan implementation -- drafting development regulations and preparing infrastructure financing studies. In fact, the firm has prepared more development codes and impact fee studies than any other consultant in the nation over the past decade.

Impact Fee Surveys: The National Perspective - a Duncan Associates .pdf document

ImpactFees.com - An online resource for planners, engineers, municipalities, and anyone with an interest in growth-related finance.

Misc Local Taxes and Fees- TN


Middle Tennessee Industrial Development Association - Statistics as to why comparisons of these two counties are not valid.

2003 Community Data Sheet: Cheatham County

2003 Community Data Sheet: Rutherford County

Comparison: Cheatham Co. vs. Rutherford County

HOW & WHY IMPACT FEES WORK
 
RESEARCH & DOCUMENT LINKS 
 
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