DATE: May 20, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Daniel C. Cederborg, County Counsel
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Section 600 (County Counsel)
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing to amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 600 - County Counsel, Subsection 601 - Attorney Services, by increasing the fee rate for such services to $182 per hour for each attorney; and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety and set the second hearing for June 10, 2025;
2. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed Ordinance; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summary in accordance with Government Code Section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the first recommended action will set a second hearing to enable your Board to amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance (Ordinance), Subsection 601 - Attorney Services by increasing the existing attorney service fee rate (from $169 per hour to $182 per hour for each attorney) based on FY 2023-24 actual County Counsel Office costs for such services. If approved by your Board, the increased attorney service fee rate would be charged by the County Counsel's Office to third-party funded departments and to all other non-County public agencies to which County Counsel provides legal services. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct staff not to change the rates, change a portion of the rates or propose alternatives rates; however, these alternatives will not recover the full cost of services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. It is anticipated that the proposed attorney service fee rate increase of $13 per hour, from $169 per hour to $182 per hour, is a 7.7 ...
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