1. General Fee Schedule Annual Update Fiscal Year 2015
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
General Fee Schedule Annual Update Fiscal Year 2015
Special Joint Meeting Finance Committee/City Council
June 16, 2014

2. General Fees Summary
Department of Finance
Includes Public Health Environmental Fees (Approved May 12, 2014)
Removed 14 deleted Human Services Fees
The Human Services and Recreation Department will evaluate fees as it looks to review current service levels and partnership opportunities in FY 2015.
The Department will evaluate fees as it looks to review current service levels and partnership opportunities in FY 15. The audit will analyze resident and non-resident use of services, compare fees to other providers as well as explore existing agencies that might be able to partner with the City to offer programs. These deleted fees will be replaced with new fees once the review is complete.

3. General Fees Summary 1,823 Total Citywide Fees Proposed for FY 2015
Department of Finance
1,823 Total Citywide Fees Proposed for FY 2015
1,114 Fees With No Change
615 Fees Increased By CPI
30 Fees Higher Than CPI
30 Fees Decreased
34 New Fees
46 Deleted Fees
Includes Public Heath Environmental Fees & removed HS deleted fees
Last year 1,405 total fees
1,102 Fees with no change due to:
DMV regulations (Finance Dept)
Vehicle Code (Police Dept)
Government Code (Police Dept)
Penal Code (Police Dept)
Medi-cal Reimbursements mandated by Federal Government (Health Dept)
Alcohol related fees are mandated by the State (Health Dept)
Department simply requested no increase
30 Fees Higher than CPI
Based on cost of providing service
FY14 fee was understated
State mandated increase
30 Fees Decreased (cost recovery, government codes)
39 New Fees formed to recovered costs for services provided
36 Deleted Fees due to service no longer needed, no longer required by City Code,
Department of Finance

4. Cost of Service Study Matrix Cost of Service (COS) Fee Study
Department of Finance
Matrix Cost of Service (COS) Fee Study
In early FY 2015 a new COS study will be conducted and study will include all fees.
Staff will return to the Finance Committee requesting adoption of the Cost Recovery Guidelines and additional fee adjustments during the FY 2016 budget hearing process in May/June 2015.

5. Fiscal Impact Estimated all fund impact - $530,600
Department of Finance
Estimated all fund impact - $530,600
General Fund - $150,000
Other Funds - $380,600
New and adjusted fees effective July 1, 2014 except:
Planning Department Development Fees which become effective August 16, 2014 (60 days following final adoption – Government code 66017(A))

6. Recommendation
Close the public hearing and formally adopt the Fiscal Year 2015 General Fee Schedule.