DATE: October 22, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Margaret Mims, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Sheriff, Second Hearing
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct second hearing to amend the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Subsection 2609 of Section 2600 - Sheriff and waive reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would revise the existing Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs based on the Sheriff's Office costs for FY 2019-20. Amendments to Subsection 2609-Contract Service Fees update current rates and will allow the Sheriff's Office to recover the salary and benefits costs, operating costs, and an indirect cost rate for a full time Deputy Sheriff, Community Service Officer, Correctional Officer, Dispatcher and Reserve Officer positions. The recommended action also includes a Prisoner Processing Service Fee that is utilized with other law enforcement agencies. 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 costs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. It is anticipated that with the proposed fees for the Community Service Officer, Correctional Officer, Dispatcher, Reserve Officer, and the Prisoner Processing Service Fee, the Sheriff's Office will ensure full cost recovery for salary and benefits costs, mileage costs, radio usage, vehicle replacement recovery, and an indirect cost rate proposal (ICRP) of 9.41%. Maintaining the Deputy Sheriff regular and overtime rates at the FY 2018-19 level will recover approximately 92% and 90%, respectively, of the cost for services provided to those entities that contract with the Sheriff. The difference will be absorbed through additional salary savings within the Sheriff's FY...
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