Louisville council to consider Marshall Fire mitigation fund July 21
A proposed resolution would set aside undistributed permit-fee refunds and credits, but no vote has been verified as of July 17 and no fund amount has been set.
Louisville City Council is scheduled to consider a resolution July 21 that would create a Wildfire Mitigation Fund for the Marshall Fire rebuild area.
The July 21 agenda packet lists Resolution No. 63, Series 2026, for consideration. If approved, the resolution would direct the city’s finance director to set aside money “not distributed as part of the Marshall Fire Fee Refund/Credit Program” in a fund for wildfire mitigation in the rebuild area. The money could include amounts tied to property owners who opt out, do not respond or cannot be located.
The records do not estimate the fund’s size or set a deadline for calculating or transferring the balance. The amount would depend on what remains after the existing refund and credit program is administered. The packet estimates that administering that program will cost no more than $40,000; that is an administrative estimate, not a projection of the mitigation fund.
Under the existing program, eligible fire survivors can receive refunds of up to 48% of building-permit and plan-review line items, capped at $4,200. Property owners who have not rebuilt can receive a credit in the same amount when they apply for permits and pay the fees. Only money left undistributed through that process would go into the proposed fund.
The resolution lists possible future uses such as home-hardening and defensible-space rebates and support for Fire Smart Louisville, but any program would require later City Council approval. It creates no separate application or public-input process and does not guarantee a payment or other benefit to any resident. The council’s July 21 action and vote documentation should be verified after the meeting through approved minutes, a vote record, meeting video or transcript, or a final clerk-signed resolution.