DATE: November 3, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Margaret Mims, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees - Sheriff
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing to amend the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by adding Subsection 2612 of Section 2600 - Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator; waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety; and set second hearing for December 15, 2020;
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
Approval of the recommended actions would revise the existing Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs based on the Department's costs for FY 2020-21. On March 24, 2020, your Board approved the adoption of the "County of Fresno Massage Establishment and Out Call Massage Services Ordinance," Chapter 6.39 of the Ordinance Code of Fresno County, which provides for orderly regulation of businesses providing massage therapy services. The cost of permitting is to be calculated at the direct rate of the person reviewing the permit (e.g., Identification Technician, Community Service Officer, Deputy Sheriff, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Undersheriff) based on current Master Schedule of Fees (MSF). As there is currently only a MSF for Deputy Sheriff III and Community Service Officer, the addition of Subsection 2612- Life Scan (Massage Ordinance) will create a new rate for the Identification Technician. This will allow the Sheriff's Office to charge a fee that will recover the salary and benefits costs, and indirect cost rate for permitting services provided by staff in that position. No rates for Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, or Undersheriff are needed, as the cost for these positions are factored into the overhead costs of the Department....
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