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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08061991 - 1.41 YVI TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �:'y Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa County DATE: August 6 , 1991 coy SUBJECT: ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FEE AND SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE/COST COMPARISON SYSTEM SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION Introduce ordinance, waive reading and fix August 12, 1991 for adoption of an ordinance to establish a fee and service charge revenue/cost comparison system, as recommended by County Administrator and Auditor-Controller ' s Office. FISCAL IMPACT Adoption of this ordinance will probably result in higher user fees more in line with the actual cost of service provision. As a consequence, General Fund expenditures on land development services should decrease. BACKGROUND The first phase of the three year, Countywide, fee study is complete. The study concentrates on the costs and revenues associated with County services and identifies the extent to which the General Fund subsidizes these services. With this information, the County will be able to develop fees at a level sufficient enough to cover actual costs and eliminate General Fund subsidies. The attached ordinance is the first step in the implementation of the study. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: e RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON AUGE APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Auditor-Controller, P.Abelson AUG 6 1991 CC: ATTESTED County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Community Development SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Building Inspection Public b9orks BY I � ,DEPUTY M382 (10/88) -2- During the first phase, land development services in the Community Development, Building Inspection, and Public Works departments were reviewed. Management Services Institute, the consultant performing the study, focused their first recommendations on these services over which the Board has fee setting authority. The purpose of the ordinance is to: 1 ) Set policy guidelines for determining land development fees based on revenue/cost comparisons and; 2) Change the procedures used in adopting fee schedules. In the past, the Board of Supervisors was forced to review land development fees at random and usually at three different times, because each department submitted separate schedules. This ordinance would require one comprehensive land development fee schedule to be adopted annually. The proposed ordinance lists most land development fees, excluding area of benefit and other developer impact fees. The ordinance could be expanded in the future to include these and other fees. The ordinance is a policy document. It lists each land development service along with the percentage of costs to be recovered in fees. The Board of Supervisors is being asked to set the percentage at which service costs are offset with fees versus subsidized with General Fund revenue. Management Services Institute (MSI) , the author of the fee study, is recommending that all services be reimbursed with fees set at 1000 of service cost. The percentage chosen will act as a policy guideline for determining actual fees. Adoption of the fee schedule for land development services will occur in mid-September. A report detailing the study' s findings for Phase I will be available prior to that date.