DATE: August 5, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Paul Nerland, County Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Section 4400 (Enterprise Zone Activities (CAO))
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing to amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 4400 - Enterprise Zone Activities to rename Section 4400 to "Section 4400 - County Administrative Office," and adding Subsection 4402, Code Enforcement Hourly Rates, to adopt hourly rates for Code Enforcement activities, waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety; and set the second hearing for August 19, 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 increase in Net County Cost (NCC) associated with the recommended actions. Approval of the recommended actions would revise the existing Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance (Ordinance), Section 4400 - Enterprise Zone Activities by renaming Section 4400 to broaden the scope of that section to include other County Administrative Office (CAO) rates, add Subsection 4402, Code Enforcement Hourly Rates, to allow for hourly rates for Code Enforcement activities, to ensure accurate cost recovery when that is allowed by law. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct Department staff not to adopt the hourly rates, change a portion of the hourly rates, or propose alternative hourly rates; however, these alternative costs may not recover the costs of service.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in NCC associated with the recommended actions. The proposed adoption of the hourly rates, if approved by your Board, would ensure that cost recovery is accurate when Code Enforcement is authorized by law to seek recover...
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