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<br />5 <br />It is important to note that while adjusting fees will provide a fiscal impact in the form of additional <br />revenue, the revenue is not intended to be used to fund new services, rather the revenue is intended to <br />offset the costs of providing existing services that are recoverable from fees. Consequently, while fees <br />may rise annually, typically labor costs (the primary driver of fee-related costs) also rise annually. <br />Recalibration of these fees simply provides an offset of existing expenditures/needs rather than a source <br />of funding for expanded service levels. In the case of Planning, part-time and temporary staff have been <br />added and consultants engaged in order to handle the increased work load given the current demand <br />for service. The additional revenue from the adjusted fees will assist in covering the cost of providing <br />services rendered. <br /> <br /> <br />17