DATE: September 27, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Vicki Crow, C.P.A, Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct the second hearing on an ordinance to amend Section 300 of the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovery Costs (MSF) relating to the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector Fees; and waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
On June 7, 2016 your Board approved the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector (A-C/T-TC) Master Schedule of Fees (MSF) Ordinance (Ordinance Number 16-010). Part of the Ordinance should have included a decrease in Section 300 of the A-C/T-TC MSF in the following subsections: Special Assessment Collection Fee Cost Component: Put Non-County Special Assessment on Tax Roll (subsection 306), Deposit Via Admin (subsection 311), Travel AP Voucher (subsection 313), and Contract AP Voucher (subsection 314). These proposed decreases were presented to your Board as attachments to the Agenda Item at the June 7, 2016 Board date; however, due to a clerical error, the decreases did not get reflected on the Ordinance. Approval of the recommended action will amend the MSF to reflect the decrease in fees for the four subsections of Section 300 in the MSF.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board can choose not to approve the recommended ordinance, and then the A-C/T-TC would not be able to implement the proposed fee reductions presented on the June 7, 2016 Board date (Item #18) and charges will be higher than actual cost.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no additional net County cost as a result of approving the recommended rates on Exhibit A. These rates will be used by the A-C/T-TC Department to fully recover direct and indirect costs of services performed for other departments and outside agencies.
DISCUSSION:
In early August, A-C/T-TC staff discovered four subsections in Sec...
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