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Town-Wide Fee Schedule Review

The committee is deciding how Salem sets fees for services like permits, trash disposal, and ambulance transport. The guiding question: should fees recover actual costs, and should residents and developers pay different rates? Nothing changes yet — this meeting set the review plan.

9 mentions (5 this month)Last discussed Nov 2, 2026