Adams Board of Health Adds a New Late Fee
ADAMS, Mass. — The Board of Health has added a new late fee for permits not obtained within the allotted time.
By the request of Code Enforcement Officer Scott F. Koczela, the board met Wednesday afternoon to add the fee. The board recently re-evaluated all of its permit fees and increased many of them.
Chairman Allen Mendel advocated for a $5 late fee if the permit is not obtained in 30 days. For every 30 days that pass, another $5 is added to the fee.
"It's not that we have a lot of people that are late with their fees," Mendel said. "There are just several that wait until the last minute or beyond it."
Mendel said the main reason for this new fee is to create fairness.
"I think it is fair. I definitely don’t want to put anybody out of business, and I don’t feel as though we should penalize the majority of the people for the few that are always late, but we have to set something up and keep it fair,” Mendel said.
Administrative Assistant Susan Foster said when she sent out renewal letters she added that there would be a new late fee.
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