DATE: November 3, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Public Works and Planning
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct second hearing on and adopt an Ordinance amending the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 1000 - Computer Services (EMIS); 1500 - Parks and Recreation; and 2200 - Public Works; and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will revise the existing fees in the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs (MSF) Sections 1000, 1500, and 2000 based on actual Department of Public Works and Planning costs. The fees are used to reimburse Department staff costs for projects requested by County departments and outside public agencies. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to amend the MSF Ordinance and direct staff to use current fees or propose alternative fees, which may not recover 100% of departmental staff costs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. It is anticipated that with the fee rate amendments, the Department will ensure 100% cost recovery for salaries, benefits, and indirect costs.
DISCUSSION:
The proposed fee rate changes ensure proper cost recovery for salary and benefits and indirect costs and have been reviewed and recommended for update in the MSF by the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector to ensure 100% cost recovery.
Attachment A includes the and proposed fee rate changes to Subsection 1001 - Staff Time under Section 1000 - Computer Services - EMIS. The hourly rates are used for requests from outside of the County for computer related services including parcel checks, map checks and similar.
Attachment B includes the current and proposed fee rate changes to Subsection 1509 - Parks Staff under Sectio...
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