RESOLUTION NO. 2023-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A
SCHEDULE OF USER AND REGULATORY FEES FOR
VARIOUS CITY SERVICES
WHEREAS, user and regulatory fees are established by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City completed a study in 2021 to identify the cost of providing various user and regulatory fee-related services; and WHEREAS, the study examined fee-related services provided by the City, the costs reasonably borne by the City in providing those services, the beneficiaries of those services, and the revenues produced by those paying fees and charges for special services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that providing these services is of special benefit to applicants both separate and apart from the general benefit to the public; and therefore, in the interests of fairness to the general public, the City desires to better recover the costs of providing these services from applicants who have sought or require the City's services by revising its schedule of fees; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that the study provides adequate evidence to conclude that the revised fees do not exceed the cost to provide the services for which the fees are charged; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that annually the City Manager may update the various fees based on the percentage change, for 12-months ending March of the current fiscal year, in the All Urban Consumers Price Index (CPI-U) for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, to become effective July 1 of the subsequent fiscal year. If the CPI-U does not change or goes down in a given year, no change shall be made to the fee schedule that year; and
WHEREAS, in order to assist staff in implementing the requested annual adjustments, if any, Exhibit “A” includes a column identified as “CPI” that illustrates the recommended annual adjustment pattern for the fees set forth in Exhibit “A”; and WHEREAS, in adopting this Resolution, the City Council is taking action only on those fees for the services, programs or products set forth in Exhibit “A” which have been modified from prior resolutions of the City Council. The remaining fees that have not been modified from prior resolutions shall remain in full force and effect.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CATHEDRAL CITY, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS
The City Council hereby finds the recitals set forth above are true and correct.
SECTION 2. ESTABLISHMENT AND UPDATE OF FEES, CHARGES, AND RATES
The City Council hereby adopts the fees, charges, and rates as set forth in attached Exhibit "A" and incorporated by this reference.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE
Any new or adjusted fees adopted by this Resolution shall go into effect November 1, 2023.
SECTION 4. CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cathedral City held on this day of 2023, by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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Rita Lamb, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tracey Hermosillo, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Eric S. Vail, City Attorney
“Exhibit A”