Seven fees in the Barry County Clerk’s Office will go up and one will go down, a move mandated by the state, Clerk Pam Palmer told Barry County Commissioners Tuesday. Fee changes mandated by the state are required in all counties, she said.
New applicants for concealed weapons permits will pay $100, down from $105, however, Palmer explained, the applicant is charged $15 at the sheriff’s office for the permit. Renewal applications for concealed weapons permits are $115, up from $105. Divorce packets-with children will be $23, up from $21, divorce packets-without children, $12, up from $10.
Serious or specified state minimum costs go down from $53 to $50; order of filiation fee goes to
$59, up from $49. A new mandated fee is $25 for electronic filing fees. Commissioners recommended approval to the full board.
In other business, the committee of the whole recommended:
* contracting with Mark Bishop, Quality Forest Management, to harvest all Red Pine trees, leaving White Pines for a seed source for a mixed hardwood/white pine stand on Norris Road property. Proceeds from the sale of the Red Pine, which Bishop estimates to be a minimum $9,000-$10,000, will go to the Norris Road Trees 4-H account to support 4-H youth development programs. Barry County owns the property, the 4-H “owns” the trees.
* amending minor changes in the Charlton Park bylaws, including having one voting member from the Historic Charlton Park Village Foundation, limiting citizen-at-large positions to 10 down from 11, adding forfeiture of membership to those who miss three consecutive meetings, without excuse, and changing its annual report to the commission from February to within six months of the new year, to avoid conflicts with the commission appointing new members the first of the year.
* approval of the 2017 county evaluation values given by Equalization Director Timothy Vandermark. Total equalized value is $2,801,583,488, up a total of 5.53 percent county wide, the fourth year in a row of increases, Vandermark said.
