Beaver Dam council postpones impact-fee decision and considers 2027 feasibility study

The Beaver Dam Common Council on July 21, 2026, discussed whether to update existing development impact fees or create new ones, covering water, sewer and park infrastructure. The council’s discussion proposed tabling the issue until 2027 rather than moving directly to a fee change.

Staff were asked to consider including money for a feasibility study in the city’s 2027 budget. The study was described as necessary to legally justify the city’s current and potential future impact fees. The discussion also identified the city’s existing water, sewer and park impact fees as expiring.

What it could mean

Any later revision could change infrastructure-related costs for builders and future homeowners, but no fee amount was set in the discussion described. The city has not disclosed what future water, sewer or park fees might be. The next known step is consideration of study funding during preparation of the 2027 budget, followed by any future council action on the fees.

That means the development-fee question remains unresolved. Builders planning projects and people considering new homes in Beaver Dam may need to account for a later decision, but the council’s discussion did not establish that fees will rise. It also did not establish that the study has already been funded.