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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />MEMORANDUM <br />Date: April 21, 2009 <br />To: Finance Committee <br />From: Perry Carter, Interim Finance Director fi-- <br />By: Mary Ann Perini, Budget & Compliance Manager A4P <br />Subject: PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO CITY FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES <br />AND TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009-10 <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 2009-10. 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 (CPI); 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, 2009. <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 new fee <br />proposals from the Community Development Department and the Marina. The proposed charges <br />and new fees are in the right hand column and are printed in bold and italics. (Please be advised <br />that the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) fees have not been changed although connection <br />Fees have increased by CPI). <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />Staff estimates that the proposed changes will generate $69,000 in additional General Fund <br />revenue and $27,300 in additional Enterprise Fund revenue. <br />