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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing and adopt resolution amending the Master Fee and Charges Schedule. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested for the List of Proposed Fee Adjustments for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2013 (FY 13), which describes the proposed changes to the City’s Master Fee and Charges Schedule. On February 5, 2013, the City Council approved an amended Master Fee and Charges Schedule for specified City services. The basis for this schedule of fees and charges is the Fee Study, which was originally recommended by the Budget Oversight Committee and commissioned by the City Council on June 3, 2004 to complete a cost accounting of the most significant City services and their related user fees. The fees developed under this schedule are updated at least twice a year to encourage full cost recovery for the City’s services.
One of the findings of the Fee Study was that the City’s process to offset its costs to provide fee-based services did not provide for an inflationary adjustment or other cost growth factors. To provide for a more effective cost recovery, per the City Council’s Financial Policy on User Fees and Charges, a mechanism to allow broad-based changes to the City’s fees became necessary. Hence, the Master Fee and Charges Schedule, along with periodic fee updates, was initiated. City staff will continue to bring proposed fee adjustments on an ongoing basis to keep fees up to date. Please see Attachment A for the latest List of Proposed Fee Adjustments.
Proposed changes to the Master Fee and Charges Schedule involve several factors as follows:
City Council Financial Policy on User Fees and Charges - The Financial Policy states that departments are expected to recover 100 percent of their actual costs for user fees and charges unless the City Council approves a subsidy. Departments have proposed 164 changes related to keeping cost recovery e...
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