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,_ <br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Date: April 15, 2008 <br />To: Finance Committee <br />From: Perry Carter, Interim Finance Director <br />By: Mary Ann Perini, Budget & Compliance Manager /v~"~~ <br />Subject: PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO CITY FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES <br />AND TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-09 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends Finance Committee approval of the proposed adjustments to City user fees <br />and service charges for Fiscal Year 2008-09. Staff also recommends adjustment to the <br />Emergency Medical Services and the Business License Tax, in accordance with the San Leandro <br />Municipal Code. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City conducts a review of its user fees and service charges as part of its annual budget <br />preparation process. In accordance with the Council approved Financial Values Statement, City <br />user fees and service charges are based on a variety of criteria including comparable fee levels in <br />surrounding cities; changes in the local .Consumer Price Index; and the cost to provide the <br />associated service. As a general rule, the fees and charges are designed to recover as much of the <br />cost of providing the services as possible while remaining comparable with similar fees and <br />charges in surrounding cities. If approved by the Finance Committee and adopted by the City <br />Council, the following proposed adjustments to the City's user fees and service charges would be <br />effective July 1, 2008. <br />This report also includes an annual CPI increase to the Emergency Medical Services Tax (EMS) <br />and the Business License Tax as allowed by the San Leandro Municipal Code Sections 2-13-140 <br />and 2-2-500 respectively. <br />Attached to this report is the City of San Leandro Fee Schedule that provides detail of current <br />fees and proposed adjustments to those existing fees, as well as the additions of two new fee <br />proposals from the Recreation and Human Services Department on page 37. The proposed <br />charges and new fees are in the right hand column and are printed in bold and italics. (Please be <br />advised that the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) fees have not been changed. WPCP is <br />currently undergoing a rate study and proposed rate changes maybe requested at a later date). <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />Staff estimates that the proposed changes will generate $10,400 in additional General Fund <br />revenue and $31,500 in additional Environmental Services Fund revenue. <br />