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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 Mid-Year Fee Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY 17), that describes the proposed changes to the City's Master Fee and Charges Schedule. As part of the normal Budget process, the City Council last reviewed and amended the Master Fee and Charges Schedule for specified City services on September 6, 2016. The original basis for the schedule of fees and charges was the Fee Study, which was recommended by the Budget Oversight Committee and commissioned by the City Council to complete a cost accounting of the most significant City services and their related user fees. Since the fee study was originally completed in FY 2006, costs borne by the City in providing fee-related services have changed for a variety of factors. On October 8, 2013, the City Council adopted an amended Financial Policy on User Fees and Charges, which reads:
User Fees and Charges Will be Set at the Cost of the Service
Background - Fees and charges are associated with recovering the cost of providing a service. The City can charge up to the full cost of providing a service.
Policy - Fees will be set at a level to fully recover costs, except where there is a greater public benefit through use of a lower fee, such as where full recovery may adversely impact overall revenue or may discourage participation in programs where the participation benefits the overall community.
To meet the City Council's adopted Financial Policy on User Fees and Charges that calls for full cost recovery whenever appropriate, a mechanism to allow broad-based changes to the City's fees is, therefore, necessary. Bi-annual fee adjustments, deletions, and additions, are the process by which the broad-based changes to fees are presented to the City Council and the public for ...
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