DATE: June 5, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Kelley Worman-Landano, County Librarian
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Library - Second Hearing
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct the second hearing to amend the County of Fresno Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 1100 - Library, in its entirety, for fees, including overdue fines, for the recovery of costs relating to Library materials and services provided to the public (the Ordinance); waive the reading of the proposed Ordinance in its entirety; and adopt the proposed Ordinance.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will amend rates in Section 1100 of the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs (MSF). This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct staff to use current fees or propose alternative fees which may not recover 100% of Library costs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost with the recommended actions. Measure B Sales Tax (Measure B) funds 50% of salaries, benefits and operational costs. It is anticipated that with the establishment of these fees, the Library will ensure 100% cost recovery beyond the Measure B Sales Tax funding.
DISCUSSION:
MSF Section 1100 (Library), sets forth fees for requests for Library services (i.e. replacement library cards, copies, flash drives, lost/damaged library materials, etc.). The current and proposed fee rates are shown in Attachment A. The proposed fee changes have been reviewed by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector (ACTTC) and the ACTTC concurs with the recommended action. The last time fees were updated was in FY 2016-17.
Reasons for the recommended changes are outlined below:
Subsection 1103: Fee for Replacement of Library Card
Currently the fee is $2.20. The Library secured Purchasing Agreement P-16-280-0 with Creative Data Products/Permacard to provide this service, which reduced the cost of materia...
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