County of Fresno - File #: 16-1576

• File #: 16-1576
• On agenda: 1/10/2017
• Final action: 1/10/2017
• Recommended Action(s): 1. Conduct the first hearing to consider amending the County of Fresno Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 2300 - Purchasing, Subsection 2301, waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety and set the second hearing for January 31, 2017; 2. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed ordinance; and 3. Direct the Clerk to the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code Section 25124(b)(1).

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/10/2017	Board of Supervisors	Approved (Consent Agenda)	Pass

DATE: January 10, 2017

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Robert W. Bash, Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer

SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct the first hearing to consider amending the County of Fresno Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 2300 - Purchasing, Subsection 2301, waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety and set the second hearing for January 31, 2017;

2. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed ordinance; and

3. Direct the Clerk to the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code Section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will amend rates in section 2300 of the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs (MSF), by adding Subsection 2301. Approval of the second and third recommended action satisfy the legal requirement to publicize the service rates for some services provided by the Department of Internal Services, Purchasing Division (Purchasing) that are offered to County departments as well as other outside government entities.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):

There is no viable alternative as this is a legal requirement.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no additional Net County Cost as result of adopting the recommended rates as shown on Exhibit A. These rates will be used by Purchasing to recover costs of services performed for departments with third-party funding and outside agencies.

DISCUSSION:

The recommended rates in Exhibit A consist of applicable direct and indirect salaries, benefits, services and supplies, including departmental and Countywide overhead costs. Until this time, Section 2300 has been the only section without published rates in the Master Schedule of Fees. Exhibit B provides a detail of changes proposed to the existing rates for comparative purposes.

The recommended ...