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SUBJECT: FIX PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED FEE INCREASE FOR THE ANNUAL
BOARD AGENDA SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
FIX Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. for a public hearing on a proposed increase to the annual fee
for the Board of Supervisors Agenda subscription service, and DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to
publish the required notices.
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND:
Government Code section 54954.1 and the County's Better Government Ordinance provide authority
for the Board of Supervisors to establish a fee to allow the County to recover the direct costs
associated with assembling, copying, and mailing documents to the order of a requester.
Since 1988, the annual subscription service for the Board's weekly agenda has been $33. The
subscription service is in accordance with Board policy, which allows news media and certain public
agencies to receive the agenda at no charge. Board agendas are also available at no charge to those
who wish to pick them up in person at the Supervisors' offices and the Office of the Clerk of the Board.
Additionally, copies of the weekly Board Agenda are also available for public inspection at each
County Library location. In addition to paper copies of the Board Agenda, technological advances
have enabled the County, since 1999, to provide electronic access to the Board agenda via the
Internet and electronic mail at no charge.
In 2003, the Clerk of the Board had 38 subscribers to the hard copy Board Agenda service. Since
1988, the direct costs of providing the hard copy subscription service have increased by approximately
45%. To enable the County to recover the actual cost of providing the subscription service, it is
recommended that a public hearing be fixed, noticed, and conducted to effect the necessary fee
increase.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: alis SIGNATURE: '
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR [:] RECOMT NATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
®APPROVE ❑ OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF B A D ON MARCH 16, 2004
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED ® OTHER ❑
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS: I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
xx UNANIMOUS(ABSENT NONE ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
AYES: NOES:
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED: MARCH 16,2004
Contact: JULIE ENEA (925)335-1077 JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
cc: CHIEF CLERK OF THE BOARD
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
By: Duty