CITY OF CORONA
COMPREHENSIVE USER FEE STUDY
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
MARCH 2022
Exhibit 2 - City of Corona User Fee Report, MGT Consulting
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Introduction
MGT Consulting Group (MGT) is pleased to present the City of Corona with this summary of findings for the comprehensive citywide user fee/cost of services study.
Corona has done a great job at analyzing and reviewing their fees in recent years. The City is interested in accurately reporting the true cost of providing various fee-related services and exploring the possibilities of modifying current fees to better reflect cost. The City has regularly undergone similar studies to maintain the accuracy in reporting the costs to provide feerelated services, and establishing fees based on cost. The most recent comprehensive study was completed by MGT in 2018. In the spring of 2021, the City contracted with MGT to perform a comprehensive cost-of-service study. This year’s citywide user fee analysis was begun in May 2021 and uses the adopted fiscal year 2021-2022 budget, staffing and operational information.
City policy is to recover, through fees, the full cost of providing services that provide benefit to the person or entity using the service. However, the City Council has made exceptions to this policy when it has determined that a subsidy from the general fund would be in the public interest.
This report is the culmination of five months of work between MGT and city management and staff. MGT would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge all city personnel who participated on this project for their efforts and coordination. Their responsiveness and continued interest in the outcome of this study contributed greatly to its success. 3 Study Scope and Objectives
The study included a review of fee-for-service activities within the following departments: Community Development – Building Community Development – Planning City Clerk Department of Water and Power Legal & Risk Management Maintenance Services Fire Finance Public Works Police and Animal Control SECTION 1
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4 The study was performed under the general direction of the Finance department with the participation of representatives from each department. The primary goals of the study were to: Determine the City’s costs to provide specific fee-related services. Determine whether there are any opportunities to implement new fees. Identify service areas where the City might adjust fees to better reflect the full cost of services or to subsidize fees with general fund revenue to reflect other economic or policy considerations. Develop fiscal projections based on recommended increase (or decreases) to fees. The information summarized in this report addresses each of these issues and provides the City with the tools necessary to make informed decisions about any proposed fee adjustments and the resulting impact on revenues.
Study Findings
The study's primary objective is to provide the City's decision-makers with basic data needed for setting fees. This report details the full cost of each service for which a fee is charged and presents proposed fees and fiscal projections based on recommended cost recovery levels.
Recommendations were based upon careful consideration of the results of the cost analysis and historical cost recovery levels.
The exhibit on the following page displays the average cost recovery rates and FY 2021-2022 budgeted revenues into the following categories:
Column A, User Fee Costs –$9,059,186 of the City’s costs are related to user fee services. It is this cost that is the focus of this study and represents the total potential for user fee-related revenues for the City.
Column B, Current Revenues – Based on current fee levels, the City receives fee-related cost recovery of $8,759,810 and is experiencing an overall 97% cost recovery level. Within each department, current cost recovery levels range from 43% to 123%.
Column C, Current Subsidy – Current fee revenues recover 97% of full cost, leaving 3% or $299,378 to be funded by other sources. This $299,378 represents an opportunity for the County to adjust fees and revenues within the various fee categories. Note that some fees are set by statute and cannot be adjusted.
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Column D, Recommended Recovery – It is estimated that adoption of the recommended fees would increase cost recovery to $8,677,930. This would result in an overall cost recovery level of 96%.
Column E, Increased Revenue – Assuming activity levels remain relatively static, the City can expect a reduction in revenue of $81,879. This represents a 1% decrease in the amounts currently being collected for these services on an annualized basis. The reason for the reduction in revenue is varied but is mainly attributed to certain fees currently recovering more than 100% of cost. Proposition 26 mandates that fees for service not recover more than the cost of providing the service.
5 It should be noted that revenue assumptions assume full operations; actual revenue increases in FY2021-22 will likely be less due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Methodology
6 A cost-of-service study is comprised of two basic elements:
o Hourly rates of staff providing the service.
o Time spent to provide the service.
The product of the hourly rate calculation and the time spent yields the cost of providing the service.
1. Hourly Rates
The hourly rate methodology used in this study builds indirect costs into city staff hourly salary and benefit rates to arrive at fully burdened hourly rates. Fully burdened hourly rates are a mechanism used to calculate the total cost of providing services. Total cost is generally recognized as the sum of the direct cost together with a proportionate share of allowable indirect costs. The proper identification of all costs (including labor, operating expense, department administration and citywide support) as “direct” or “indirect” is crucial to the determination of the total cost of providing services.
Direct costs are typically defined as those that can be identified specifically to a particular function or activity, including the labor of persons working directly on the specific service for which the fee is charged, and possibly materials or supplies those people use for the task. Indirect costs are those that support more than one program area and are not easily identifiable to specific activities. Examples of indirect costs : departmental administrative and support staff, training and education time, citywide overhead costs from outside of the department as identified in the City’s cost allocation plan.
MGT’s hourly rate calculation methodology includes the following:
Personnel Services Analysis – each staff classification within the department or division is analyzed in the study. The first burden factor is comprised of compensated absences such as vacation/holidays/sick leave days taken in a year’s time. Staff classifications are then categorized as either direct (operational) or indirect (administrative or supervisory) labor. In some cases, a classification will have both direct and indirect duties. The total indirect portion of staff cost is incorporated into hourly overhead rates.
Indirect Cost Rate – a ratio of indirect cost to direct labor (salaries plus benefits) is established. There are three elements of indirect cost incorporated, including:
o Indirect Labor – includes total compensation, administrative and supervisory staff costs. o Other Operating Expenses – most services and supplies are included as a second layer of indirect cost and are prorated across all fees and services. There are some service and supply expenses classified as “allowable direct”. Some examples of these are professional services expenses, or sports supplies. These allowable direct expenses would be directly associated with specific fees or programs, as opposed to being allocated across all activities through the indirect overhead.
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7 o External Indirect Allocations – this represents the prorated portion of citywide overhead (from the City’s cost allocation plan) which is attributable to the service for which the fee is charged.
Fully Burdened Hourly Rates – incorporates all the elements that comprise the hourly rates used in this cost analysis.
o Each direct or operational staff classification is listed, together with the average annual salary. o The hourly salary rate is calculated by taking the annual salary of an employee and dividing by 2,080 available productive hours in a year.
o The benefit rate reflects the average benefit rate as a percentage of the salary rate.
Multiplying this percentage by the hourly salary rate determines the benefit rate to be included in the fully burdened rate.
o The overhead rate is derived by multiplying the internal and external indirect cost rates against the salary plus benefit rates.
2. Time Spent
Once fully burdened hourly rates were developed for city staff, the next step in the process was to identify staff time spent directly on each of the user fee activities. Each staff person involved in the user fee services identified time spent to complete each task associated with all user fee services. Annual volume statistics were also gathered in order to develop total annual workload information.
3. Fee Calculations and Revenue Projections
Given this information, MGT was able to calculate the cost of providing each service, both on a per-unit and total annual basis (per-unit cost multiplied by annual volume equals total annual cost). As mentioned above, costs were calculated by multiplying per-unit time estimates by the hourly labor rates; additional operating expenses directly associated with certain services were also added in. Finally, if other departments or divisions provided support into certain user fee activities, this time was accounted for and added into the analysis as a crossover support activity.
Full costs are then compared to current fees/revenues collected, and subsidies (or overrecoveries) are identified. It should be noted that in some instances, volume statistics are not provided, typically due to sporadic or infrequent activity. In these instances, revenue projections have not been made.
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Calculating the true cost of providing City services is a critical step in the process of establishing user fees and corresponding cost recovery levels. Although it is a principal factor, other factors must also be given consideration. City decision-makers must also consider the effects that establishing fees for services will have on the individuals purchasing those services, as well as the community.
The following legal, economic and policy issues help illustrate these considerations. State Law - In California, user fees are limited to the "estimated reasonable cost of providing a service" by Government Code section 66014(a) and other supplementary legislation. California voters approved Proposition 26 in November of 2010, which defined “taxes” as “any levy, charge, or exaction of any kind imposed by a local government” subject to seven exceptions. Most of the exceptions require that the City charge a fee which does not exceed the reasonable cost to the City to provide the service for which the fee is charged. Thus, if the fee exceeds the reasonable cost of service, it may be considered a “tax” which must be approved by the voters. We have calculated each fee to recover no more than the reasonable cost of each service so that none of the fee adjustments recommended herein will be considered taxes under Proposition 26. Additionally, it should be noted that some fees (e.g., certain animal control fees or oversize permit fees) may be capped by state law and may not change, regardless of any cost analysis performed. Economic barriers - It may be a desired policy to establish fees at a level that permits lower income groups to use services that they might not otherwise be able to afford. Community benefit - The Council may wish to subsidize some user fees in order to reflect policy considerations which supersede cost recovery. Many community services fees have very moderate cost recovery levels. Some programs are provided free of charge or for a minimal fee regardless of cost. Youth and senior programs tend to have the lowest recovery levels. Miscellaneous classes tend to have a moderate cost recovery level and adult sports programs typically have a higher cost recovery level. Private benefit - If a user fee primarily benefits the fee payer, we recommend the fee be set at, or close to 100% full cost recovery. Development related fees generally fall into this category; however, exceptions are sometimes made for services such as appeal fees or fees charged exclusively to residential applicants. Service driver - In conjunction with the third point above, the issue of who is the service recipient versus the service driver should also be considered.
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9 Managing demand - For those fees which are not subject to pure cost recovery limitations, other market considerations may inform recommended fee levels. Elasticity of demand is a factor in pricing certain city services; increasing the price of some services results in a reduction of demand for those services, and vice versa. Competition - Certain services, such as recreation classes, may be provided by neighboring communities or the private sector, and therefore demand for these services can be highly dependent on what else may be available at lower prices. Furthermore, if the City's fees are too low, demand enjoyed by private-sector competitors could be adversely affected. Incentives- Fees can be set low to encourage participation in a service, such as a youth sports program or the issuance of a water heater permit. 02 SECTION II
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Below is a brief discussion of each fee section analysis. Please see the user fee summary sheets in Section 3 of the findings for his report for details on each fee calculation and cost analysis. 10 Community Development: Building & Safety
Building permit and plan check fees benefit individuals and the development community and are therefore eligible for cost recovery. The City’s policy is to generally set fees to recover 100% of all costs associated with providing fee-for-service activities.
Within the Building & Safety division, current fees recover 101% of costs to provide services for which fees are charged. In keeping with State law, the target cost recovery percentage must be set at 100%.
We have proposed several fee reductions to keep the division within State cost recovery limits. The State of California further restricts solar panel review fees to specific pricing. Building & Safety restructured some of their fee categories to better reflect the current process, staffing levels and to be a more user-friendly fee schedule.
Highlights of the Planning fee analysis are provided below: New Fees – 6 new fees were added to the fee schedule. Fee Removal – Staff recommended removing 19 fees from the current fee schedule. Some of these removals were to remove obsolete fees, simplify categories, and fees replaced with new fees. Temporary Certificate of Occupancy Inspection – this fee is being removed and replaced by fees 648-650 in our fee table. This replacement helps breakout TCO’s based on type and size. A minimum of 1 hour will be charged for reviewing revisions to an approved plan at hourly rates established by the fee schedule.
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11 Community Development: Planning
The Planning division administers and implements City land use and development policies. The division processes numerous land use applications requiring city approval before the land can be developed or action taken. These services benefit the development community and are therefore eligible for cost recovery. The City’s policy is to generally - but with some exceptions - set fees to recover 100% of all costs associated with providing fee-for-service activities.
Within the Planning division, current fees recover 83% of related fee-for-service costs. A combination of fee increases, and decreases are recommended, generating a projected $73,577 additional annual revenue.
Highlights of the Planning fee analysis are provided below: Most fees are currently under-recovering. Most recovery level percentages range from 71% to 99%. A total of eight fees are currently recovering more than 100% of cost. Those over recovery levels are minimal ranging from 1% to 4%. All eight of those fees are being recommended to be reduced to only recover 100% of cost to comply with State Law. Staff recommended adding one new fee: Minor modifications to telecommunications facilities. This fee is set to recover 100% of cost or $678. Nine fees are currently set as ‘deposits’, MGT recommends to keep those fees as deposits as it is the most efficient way and the industry standard to charge those types of applications. Historically subsidized fees: Garage Sale Permits – This fee will remain at the current $10 (18% cost recovery). This is meant to encourage users to continue to use the service. Historic Resource Nomination – This fee will remain at the current $300 (10% cost recovery). This fee has been historically subsidized.
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12 City Clerk
The City Clerk is responsible for the care and custody of all official records of the City and conducting municipal elections. City Clerk fees benefit those individuals or businesses specifically requesting or utilizing the services and are therefore eligible for cost recovery. The City’s policy is to generally - but with some exceptions - set fees to recover 100% of all costs associated with providing fee-for-service activities.
Within this department, current fees recover 53% of total cost to provide the services for which fees are charged. The City Clerk is recommending three fees be increased to recover 100% of cost. This increase would result in an 85% cost recovery. It should be noted that four of the City Clerk fees are set by the State and cannot be increased. Additional highlights are listed below: The fee with the most activity is Fingerprinting on Request, at 113 requests in the previous year.
The Fingerprinting fee is set at $45 and currently recovering 61%. If the fee is increased to the full cost of $74, an additional $3,303 is annual revenue is projected. The City’s “GS” fees are also listed on the City Clerk Executive Summary. These fees were not analyzed since three are citywide copy fees, one is set by the State, and the rest are set at actual cost.
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13 Department of Water and Power
The Department of Water and Power (DWP) provides water and electric utilities to City residents. MGT analyzed the cost of fees for service such as meter installation, new account set up and disconnections, and the pretreatment program. Utility rates are not fees for service and were excluded from this study.
The overall recovery rate for DWP is 110%. Several of fees were found to be over-recovering and will need to be lowered so as not to exceed the full cost of providing the service. The department is recommending all fees be set at 100% of full cost, with the exception of fee UD-040, Notice of Impending Disconnection. This fee is considered a penalty and can be set higher than the cost of providing the service in order to encourage compliance. The department recommends keeping the fee at $25.
Once the fee recommendations are implemented the overall recovery rate will be 105% with a projected revenue loss of $91,151.
It should be noted that many of the fees are deposits that will be set at actual cost to cover potential lost or damaged meters.
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14 Legal and Risk Management
The Legal and Risk Management fees consist primarily of Communication and Small Cell Site license agreement fees. MGT’s analysis found that the fees were over-recovering at an overall rate of 125%.
To be compliant with California law the fees will need to be decreased so as not to exceed 100% cost recovery. Assuming no loss in demand, these fee adjustments will result in a revenue reduction of $1,541.
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15 Maintenance Services
The Maintenance Services department has three fees that were analyzed: Airport Security Card issuance (initial setup and replacement card) and Airport permit for services. The cost analysis shows an overall recovery rate of 43%. The department recommends the fees be set to recover 100% of cost.
Assuming no loss in demand, these adjustments will result in a revenue increase of $2,534.
The department is recommending six Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Waste Bins fees be removed from the City’s fee schedule, since they are already listed on the Waste Management rate sheet. See Executive Summary for details.
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Fire Department fees consist of Fire Prevention inspection services and the EMS Response Subscription program. The overall recovery rate for the Fire Prevention fees is 56%. With a few exceptions, the department is recommending fees be set at 100% of full cost. Once the fee recommendations are implemented the overall recovery rate will be 60% with a projected revenue increase of $47,920.
The EMS Subscription program recovers at an 8% rate. The department is recommending the current monthly subscription fees and fees for non-subscriber calls remain the same at $60 and $400, respectively.
Analysis highlights include:
New fees: FR-154 Emergency System Repair Inspection – This inspection occurs occasionally and allows the department a mechanism to recover fees for service. FR-155 Property Sales Inspection - This is in preparation for Assembly Bill 38: Defensible Space Inspection requirements. The City does not currently have an ordinance that requires the buyer/seller of a property in a VHFHSZ to obtain documentation showing compliance with the state's defensible space requirements. Should this change before the subsequent fee study this cost for service can be recovered.
New discounted fees: FR-070 Fire Prevention Inspection – These discounted fees are due to a process change when the Fire Department no longer contracted for their hazardous materials occupancy inspections. In the first quarter of 2020, changes were made to have the hazardous materials inspection and life safety inspection completed at the same time; previously, they were conducted by different Inspectors at different times. All inspections in the CUPA Program are audited annually. This reduced fee was added so that the hazardous materials and life safety inspections were not combined into one fee and provided accountability to the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health.
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Remove and Replace fees: • FR-090 Hazardous Materials Disclosure CERS Review/Admin/Program Oversight/Audit and Inspection - Previous fee studies identified three categories of 1-6 chemicals, 7-12 chemicals, and 13 or more chemicals. It became apparent to the department that the 13 or more category was too broad; therefore, the three categories have been broken out further into six categories as follows: 1-6 chemicals, 7-12 chemicals, 13-20 chemicals, 21-50 chemicals, 51-200 chemicals, and 201 or more chemicals. This change in categories remains less than the comparable businesses in the County's jurisdiction.
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The Finance department’s fees consist of assessment and Mello-Roos bond payoff calculations, annexation into CFDs, escrow account monitoring, and returned check fees. MGT’s analysis found that the fees were over-recovering at an overall rate of 123%. To be compliant with California law the fees that are over-recovering will need to be decreased so as not to exceed 100% cost recovery. Assuming no loss in demand, fee adjustments will result in a reduction of $12,447 in revenue. It should be noted that two fees are set by the State and cannot be increased.
The department is proposing to add one new fee: Check Reissuance for Corporations. They are recommending this fee be set at 100% of full cost or $60.
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The Public works department is recommending all fees to be set at 100% cost recovery. Current fees recover 102% of related fee-for-service costs. A combination of fee increases, and decreases are recommended, generating a projected -$54,844 decreased annual revenue (assuming no change in demand for services). This is a necessary decrease to comply with State Law.
Highlights of the Public Works fee analysis are provided below: The structure of the Public Works department fee schedule is to remain the same with only the following new fee recommendations (no fees were recommended for removal): Drainage Study Review, Public Improvement Plan Checks (Traffic), Traffic Study Memo. Nine fees are currently set as ‘deposits’, MGT recommends to keep those fees as deposits as it is the most efficient way and the industry standard to charge those types of applications Fee + Deposit fees, percentage-based fees, actual cost fees, deposit fees and pass-through fees are all recommended to continue to be remain the same. Roughly half of the fees are currently recovering over 100% of cost. Those over recovery levels range mostly from 1% to 20% with only a few fees falling outside of that recovery level range. Roughly half of the fees are currently recovering less than 100% of cost. Those under recovery levels range mostly from 75% to 99% with only a few fees falling outside of that recovery level range. The Public Works department has recently undergone major staffing changes. These results are based off conditions that existed prior to some (but not all) of these major changes.
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The Police Department fees comprise two distinct groups: Animal Control and Police Permits/Records.
Animal Control and Police records and permit services benefit those individuals or businesses specifically requesting or utilizing the services and are therefore eligible for cost recovery. Animal control services also provide a benefit to the community at large. The City’s policy is to generally - but with some exceptions - set fees to recover 100% of all costs associated with providing fee-for-service activities. Animal control services would be one of the exceptions to the policy of 100% cost recovery, leaving a portion of the costs to be subsidized by the general fund. Most public agencies subsidize animal control services with the idea that licensing compliance and responsible pet ownership is more important than additional revenue collection.
Current animal control fees recover 85% of total costs to provide the services for which fees are charged. Department staff recommend that animal control fees be increased by 13% overall. While many of them will still remain subsidized due to the community benefit of providing these services, other fees are penalties to encourage compliance and are not limited to cost.
Police records and permit fees are currently recovering 102% of cost. In order to be compliant with State law, fees that are over-recovering (other than fines and penalties) will need to be reduced to recover no more than 100%. Once the department recommendations are implemented, Police records and permits will be recovering at 100%.
Four animal control fees are being recommended for removal as the services are no longer provided: • Dog Show Permit • Annual Pet Shop Inspection • Non-Exotic Animal Display/Ride
• Kennel License
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Recommendations Going Forward:
MGT recommends that the City build on its investment in this cost-of-service analysis by continuing to analyze its fees and charges whether this is done by staff or outside consultants. Once the commitment is made to understand the full cost of providing services, it is important to review and update the analysis in order to keep pace with changes in service delivery, staffing changes, and demand levels.
Most agencies ask us at the conclusion of the study: how often should this type of study be undertaken? Our advice is to perform this detailed analysis at least every three but not more than five years, with minor adjustments in the non-study years (to keep pace with economic impacts).
MGT recommends the County apply an inflation adjustment to fees annually, based on CPI to keep pace with inflation. The industry best practice is to apply this index once per year as part of the City’s annual budget process. This is particularly helpful once an agency has chosen to adopt a cost recovery policy – whether 100% of cost or something less – in order to keep fees at the desired level. 21 03
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MGT Consulting Group 45 City of Corona City Clerk 2021-2022 Ord Service Name Fee Description Annual Volume Current Fee Full Cost Current Recovery % Annual Cost Annual Revenue Annual Subsidy Recovery Level Fee @ Policy Level Annual Revenue2 Increased Revenue Recommend ed Subsidy Footnote 1 CL-010 Documentation Certification Service Per request - 18 $ 22 $ 82% - $ - $ 100% 22 $ - $ - $ 1 2 CL-050 Appeal Service Per appeal - 1,030 $ 1,119 $ 92% - $ - $ 100% 1,119 $ - $ - $ 2 3 CL-050 Appeal Service if a Public Works condition Per appeal - 2,181 $ 1,977 $ 110% - $ - $ 100% 1,977 $ - $ - $ 2 4 CL-060 Utility Underground Waiver Request Per request - 1,675 $ 1,628 $ 103% - $ - $ 100% 1,628 $ - $ - $ 5 CL-080 FPPC Disclosure Fine Processing Set by State - 10 $ 66 $ 15% - $ - $ 15% 10 $ - $ - $ 3 6 CL-100 Candidate Filing Processing Set by State 7 25 $ 132 $ 19% 924 $ 175 $ 749 $ 19% 25 $ 175 $ - $ 749 $ 3 7 CL-110 City Initiative Measure Filing Set by State 1 200 $ 1,056 $ 19% 1,056 $ 200 $ 856 $ 19% 200 $ 200 $ - $ 856 $ 4 8 CL-130 Assessment of Lien for Public Nuisance - deposit with full cost Actual Cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 9 CL-140 Fingerprinting on Request Per request 113 45 $ 74 $ 61% 8,388 $ 5,085 $ 3,303 $ 100% 74 $ 8,388 $ 3,303 $ - $ 5 10 GS-010 Photocopy Service - General City Per page - 0.25 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Citywide copy fee -- 6 11 GS-010 Photocopy Service - General City - Electronic Media Storage Per copy - 2 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Citywide copy fee -- 6 12 GS-020 Record Compilation Service Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 13 GS-030 Notary Public Service Set by State - 15 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Fee set by State -- 7 14 GS-040 Process City Property Damage Fees Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 15 GS-050 Blueprint Copying Fees Per copy - 4 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Citywide copy fee -- 6 16 GS-055 Building Records Archiving Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 17 GS-070 Franchise Processing Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 18 GS-110 Banner Installation Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 19 GS-160 Purchase of City Standards Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 20 GS-170 Miscellaneous Services Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 21 GS-1000 Other Governmental Items for Purchase Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- 22 GS-1010 Subpoena/Witness Fees Actual cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ -- Actual Cost -- Total User Fees $10,369 $5,460 $4,909 $8,763 $3,303 $1,606 % of Full Cost 53% 47% 85% 60% 15% Footnotes 1 Plus copy charges. 2 Plus cost of legal advertisement. 3 Set by State GC 91013. 4 Set by State ECD 9202(b). Refundable to applicant if election official certifies filing within one year of petition. 5 Plus DOJ or State fees. 6 Copy fees subject to Public Records Act 7 Notary fee set by State. Per Unit Annual Per Unit Annual Current Recommendations Department of Water & Power
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MGT Consulting Group 52 City of Corona Maintenance 2021-2022 Ord Service Name Fee Description Annual Volume Current Fee Full Cost Current Recovery % Annual Cost Annual Revenue Annual Subsidy Recovery Level Fee @ Policy Level Annual Revenue2 Increased Revenue Recommended Subsidy 1 MS-AP-020 Airport Security Card Issuance - Initial Setup Per card 50 32 $ 84 $ 38% 4,194 $ 1,600 $ 2,594 $ 100% 84 $ 4,194 $ 2,594 $ - $ 3 MS-AP-020 Airport Security Card Issuance - Replacement Card Per card 12 26 $ 21 $ 124% 252 $ 312 $ (60) $ 100% 21 $ 252 $ (60) $ - $ 4 MS-AP-030 Airport Permit for Services Per permit - 118 $ 162 $ 73% - $ - $ 100% 162 $ - $ - $ 6 MS-AP-010 Airport Tie Down Rentals - single engine Rental- Per month - 60 $ Rental - set at market rates 7 MS-AP-010 Airport Tie Down Rentals - single engine Rental -Per night - 5 $ Rental - set at market rates 8 MS-AP-010 Airport Tie Down Rentals - twin engine Rental -Per month - 65 $ Rental - set at market rates 9 MS-AP-010 Airport Tie Down Rentals - twin engine Rental -Per night - 7 $ Rental - set at market rates 10 MS-AP-010 Airport Tie Down Rentals - late payment fee Penalty - 13 $ Penalty - not subject to cost of service analysis. Set at City's discretion 11 MS-AP-040 Airport Film Permit - Photo shoot Rental -Per day - 500 $ Rental - set at market rates 12 MS-AP-040 Airport Film Permit - Film shoot (small) Rental - Per day - 500 $ Rental - set at market rates 13 MS-AP-040 Airport Film Permit - Film shoot (major) Rental -Per day - 1,000 $ Rental - set at market rates 14 MS-AP-040 Airport Film Permit - Film shoot (runway) Rental - Per day - 10,000 $ Rental - set at market rates 16 MS-ST-010 Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Solid Waste Bins and Disposal of Bin Contents - transport bin (without landfill trip) Remove - 287 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Remove from City fee schedule. Fee listed on Waste Management rate sheet. 17 MS-ST-010 Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Solid Waste Bins and Disposal of Bin Contents - transport bin (with landfill trip) Remove - 336 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Remove from City fee schedule. Fee listed on Waste Management rate sheet. 18 MS-ST-010 Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Solid Waste Bins and Disposal of Bin Contents - bin storage (3 yard) Remove - 118 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Remove from City fee schedule. Fee listed on Waste Management rate sheet. 19 MS-ST-010 Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Solid Waste Bins and Disposal of Bin Contents - bin storage (40 yard) Remove - 130 $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Remove from City fee schedule. Fee listed on Waste Management rate sheet. 20 MS-ST-010 Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Solid Waste Bins and Disposal of Bin Contents - special/hazardous material collection and disposal Remove - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Remove from City fee schedule. Fee listed on Waste Management rate sheet. 21 MS-ST-010 Impoundment and Storage of Illegal Solid Waste Bins and Disposal of Bin Contents - landfill per ton Remove - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Remove from City fee schedule. Fee listed on Waste Management rate sheet. 22 All Fees related to Waste Hauler See Waste Mgmt rate sheet See Waste Management Rate Sheet. 23 Penalties - Late Fees assessed for Waste Management residential billing 10% of amount due Penalty - not subject to cost of service analysis. Set at City's discretion 24 Additional time for any service not listed on fee schedule Actual Cost - - $ - $ 0% - $ - $ Actual Cost Total User Fees $4,446 $1,912 $2,534 $4,446 $2,534 $0 % of Full Cost 43% 57% 100% 133% 0% Per Unit Annual Per Unit Annual Current Recommendations Fire
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MGT Consulting Group 64 City of Corona Police 2021-2022 Ord Service Name Fee Description Annual Volume Current Fee Full Cost Current Recovery % Annual Cost Annual Revenue Annual Subsidy Recovery Level Fee @ Policy Level Annual Revenue2 Increased Revenue Recommended Subsidy Footnote 1 ANIMAL SERVICES FEES 2 Animal Licensing & Permits 3 PO-010 Unaltered Dog License - 1 year Penalty 114 100 $ 11 $ 909% 1,254 $ 11,400 $ (10,146) $ 909% 100 $ 11,400 $ - $ (10,146) $ 1 5 PO-010 Altered Dog License - 1 year Flat fee 315 15 $ 11 $ 136% 3,465 $ 4,725 $ (1,260) $ 100% 11 $ 3,465 $ (1,260) $ - $ 6 PO-010 Altered Dog License - 2 years Flat fee 102 25 $ 21 $ 119% 2,142 $ 2,550 $ (408) $ 95% 20 $ 2,040 $ (510) $ 102 $ 7 PO-010 Altered Dog License - 3 years Flat fee 167 35 $ 30 $ 117% 5,010 $ 5,845 $ (835) $ 100% 30 $ 5,010 $ (835) $ - $ 8 PO-010 Dog License - Income Qualified rate Flat fee - 5 $ 11 $ 45% - $ - $ - $ 45% 5 $ - $ - $ - $ 9 PO-010 Service Dog license Flat fee 4 - $ 11 $ 0% 44 $ - $ 44 $ 0% - $ - $ - $ 44 $ 9.5 PO-010 Potentially Dangerous or Vicious Dog license Flat fee - 175 $ 147 $ 119% - $ - $ - $ 100% 147 $ - $ - $ - $ 10 PO-010 Late Registration: 30-60 days Penalty - 25 $ -- Fine/Penalty -- 11 PO-010 Late Registration: Over 60 days Penalty - 50 $ -- Fine/Penalty -- 12 PO-010 Replacement Tag Flat fee - 2 $ 2 $ 100% - $ - $ - $ 100% 2 $ - $ - $ - $ 14 PO-011 Owner Requested Rabies Analysis Flat fee - 160 $ 115 $ 139% - $ - $ - $ 100% 115 $ - $ - $ - $ 16 PO-012 Owner Requested Vicious Animal Pickup Flat fee - 150 $ 154 $ 97% - $ - $ - $ 100% 154 $ - $ - $ - $ 17 PO-013 Wild or Exotic Animal Permit Flat fee - 175 $ 157 $ 111% - $ - $ - $ 100% 157 $ - $ - $ - $ 18 PO-014 Dog Show Permit Remove - 100 $ - $ -- recommend to remove from schedule -- 2 18.5 PO-014 Chicken License Flat fee 3 130 $ 116 $ 112% 348 $ 390 $ (42) $ 100% 116 $ 348 $ (42) $ - $ 19 PO-015 Annual Pet Shop Inspection Remove - 120 $ -- recommend to remove from schedule -- 2 20 PO-016 Non-Exotic Animal Display/Ride - per day Remove - 95 $ -- recommend to remove from schedule -- 2 22 PO-017 Pet Home Quarantine - Home Flat fee 1 115 $ 75 $ 153% 75 $ 115 $ (40) $ 100% 75 $ 75 $ (40) $ - $ 23 PO-017 Pet Home Quarantine - Customs Flat fee - 130 $ 75 $ 173% - $ - $ - $ 100% 75 $ - $ - $ - $ 24 PO-018 Kennel License Remove - 100 $ 2 25 Animal Shelter Services and Fees 26 PO-019 Impound - 1st occurrence Flat fee 205 40 $ 95 $ 42% 19,475 $ 8,200 $ 11,275 $ 42% 40 $ 8,200 $ - $ 11,275 $ 27 PO-019 Impound - 2nd occurrence Penalty 25 90 $ 95 $ 95% 2,375 $ 2,250 $ 125 $ 95% 90 $ 2,250 $ - $ 125 $ 3 28 PO-019 Impound - 3rd and subsequent occurrences Penalty 6 150 $ 95 $ 158% 570 $ 900 $ (330) $ 158% 150 $ 900 $ - $ (330) $ 3 29 PO-019 Impound - Income Qualified 50% of fee - 20 $ 95 $ 21% - $ - $ - $ 100% 20 $ - $ - $ - $ 30 PO-019 Livestock Impound Actual Cost - -- actual cost -- 31 PO-020 Administrative Animal Citation Sign-off Flat fee 1 40 $ 41 $ 98% 41 $ 40 $ 1 $ 98% 40 $ 40 $ - $ 1 $ 33 PO-023 Animal Boarding Per day 211 25 $ 25 $ 100% 5,275 $ 5,275 $ - $ 100% 25 $ 5,275 $ - $ - $ 34 PO-024 Animal Adoption Processing Flat fee 463 40 $ 76 $ 53% 35,188 $ 18,520 $ 16,668 $ 99% 75 $ 34,725 $ 16,205 $ 463 $ 34.5 PO-024 Animal Adoption for animals in shelter longer than 30 days Flat fee 1 20 $ 76 $ 26% 76 $ 20 $ 56 $ 59% 45 $ 45 $ 25 $ 31 $ 34.6 PO-024 Microchipping - Owner request Flat fee 1 15 $ 40 $ 38% 40 $ 15 $ 25 $ 63% 25 $ 25 $ 10 $ 15 $ 35 PO-025 Animal Trap Rental Deposit 200 75 $ --deposit -- 37 PO-026 Owner Request of Animal Pickup Flat fee 4 130 $ 99 $ 131% 396 $ 520 $ (124) $ 100% 99 $ 396 $ (124) $ - $ 39 PO-027 Owner Animal Signoff at Shelter Flat fee 104 100 $ 78 $ 128% 8,112 $ 10,400 $ (2,288) $ 100% 78 $ 8,112 $ (2,288) $ - $ Per Unit Annual Per Unit Annual Current Recommendations MGT Consulting Group 65 City of Corona Police 2021-2022 Ord Service Name Fee Description Annual Volume Current Fee Full Cost Current Recovery % Annual Cost Annual Revenue Annual Subsidy Recovery Level Fee @ Policy Level Annual Revenue2 Increased Revenue Recommended Subsidy Footnote 40 PO-027 Owner Animal Signoff at Shelter - Income Qualified Flat fee 1 10 $ 78 $ 13% 78 $ 10 $ 68 $ 26% 20 $ 20 $ 10 $ 58 $ 41 PO-028 Owner Transported Deceased Animal Disposal Flat fee 1 40 $ 56 $ 71% 56 $ - $ 56 $ 100% 56 $ 56 $ 56 $ - $ 45 PO-029 Spay/Neuter Processing Actual Cost 347 -- actual cost -- 46 PO-029 Spay/Neuter processing - Income Qualified 50% of cost -- 50% of actual cost -- 47 PO-031 Spay/Neuter Penalty for Impounded Animal - 1st occurrence Set by State 126 35 $ -- Fee set by State -- 48 PO-031 Spay/Neuter Penalty for Impounded Animal - 2nd occurrence Set by State 1 50 $ -- Fee set by State -- 49 PO-031 Spay/Neuter Penalty for Impounded Animal - 3rd and subsequent occurrences Set by State 1 100 $ -- Fee set by State -- 50 POLICE FEES 51 PO-050 Concealed Weapons Permit - initial application Set by State - 100 $ 593 $ 17% - $ - $ - $ 100% 100 $ - $ - $ - $ 52 PO-050 Concealed Weapons Permit - annual renewal Set by State - 25 $ 141 $ 18% - $ - $ - $ 100% 25 $ - $ - $ - $ 53 PO-050 Concealed Weapons Permit - amended application Set by State - 10 $ 110 $ 9% - $ - $ - $ 100% 10 $ - $ - $ - $ 56 PO-060 DUI Collision Response, Arrest, and Processing Actual Cost - - $ 0% - $ - $ - $ -- actual cost -- 56.5 PO-060 DUI Incident Documentation Flat fee - 300 $ 274 $ 109% - $ - $ - $ 100% 274 $ - $ - $ - $ 59 PO-080 Verification/Clearance Forms/Letters Flat fee 52 30 $ 23 $ 130% 1,196 $ 1,560 $ (364) $ 100% 23 $ 1,196 $ (364) $ - $ 60 PO-081 Vehicle Verification Service Flat fee - 150 $ 123 $ 122% - $ - $ - $ 100% 123 $ - $ - $ - $ 61 PO-082 Citation Sign-off Service - outside jurisdiction Flat fee 26 50 $ 44 $ 114% 1,144 $ 1,300 $ (156) $ 100% 44 $ 1,144 $ (156) $ - $ 62 PO-085 Vehicle Impound/Release Service Flat fee 215 225 $ 218 $ 103% 46,870 $ 48,375 $ (1,505) $ 100% 218 $ 46,870 $ (1,505) $ - $ 63 PO-105 Photo Reproduction - digital Flat fee 8 2 $ 2 $ 100% 16 $ 16 $ - $ 100% 2 $ 16 $ - $ - $ 64 PO-110 Police Report/Document Reproduction - per page Flat fee 12,734 0.25 $ 0.25 $ 100% 3,184 $ 3,184 $ - $ 100% 0.25 $ 3,184 $ - $ - $ 65 PO-110 Police Report/Document Reproduction - electronic Media Storage Copy Flat fee 94 2 $ 2 $ 100% 188 $ 188 $ - $ 100% 2 $ 188 $ - $ - $ 67 PO-120 Police False Alarm Response/Billing - 3rd response per calendar year Penalty 201 80 $ 76 $ 105% 15,276 $ 16,080 $ (804) $ 105% 80 $ 16,080 $ - $ (804) $ 3 68 PO-120 Police False Alarm Response/Billing - 4th response per calendar year Penalty - 240 $ 76 $ 316% - $ - $ - $ 316% 240 $ - $ - $ - $ 3 69 PO-120 Police False Alarm Response/Billing - 5th and subsequent responses per calendar year Penalty - 320 $ 76 $ 421% - $ - $ - $ 421% 320 $ - $ - $ - $ 3 71 PO-125 Police Alarm Permit - new application Flat fee 104 35 $ 44 $ 80% 4,576 $ 3,640 $ 936 $ 100% 44 $ 4,576 $ 936 $ - $ 73 PO-126 Police Alarm Permit Renewal - Residential Flat fee 699 20 $ 22 $ 91% 15,378 $ 13,980 $ 1,398 $ 100% 22 $ 15,378 $ 1,398 $ - $ 74 PO-126 Police Alarm Permit Renewal - Commercial Flat fee 542 35 $ 27 $ 130% 14,634 $ 18,970 $ (4,336) $ 100% 27 $ 14,634 $ (4,336) $ - $ 77 PO-132 Bingo Permit Flat fee 12 50 $ 90 $ 56% 1,080 $ 600 $ 480 $ 56% 50 $ 600 $ - $ 480 $ 4 81 PO-133 Entertainment Permit - new application Flat fee 7 400 $ 304 $ 132% 2,128 $ 2,800 $ (672) $ 100% 304 $ 2,128 $ (672) $ - $ 82 PO-133 Entertainment Permit - annual renewal Flat fee - 260 $ 339 $ 77% - $ - $ - $ 100% 339 $ - $ - $ - $ 84 PO-134 Massage Establishment Permit - New Every two years 12 305 $ 407 $ 75% 4,884 $ 3,660 $ 1,224 $ 100% 407 $ 4,884 $ 1,224 $ - $ 84.5 PO-134.5 Massage Establishment Permit - Renewal Per renewal - 130 $ 55 $ 236% - $ - $ - $ 100% 55 $ - $ - $ - $ 85 PO-135 Miscellaneous/Solicitor's Police Permits Flat fee 10 190 $ 251 $ 76% 2,510 $ 1,900 $ 610 $ 100% 251 $ 2,510 $ 610 $ - $ 87 PO-136 Firearms Dealer Permit - new application Flat fee 1 435 $ 424 $ 103% 424 $ 435 $ (11) $ 100% 424 $ 424 $ (11) $ - $ 88 PO-136 Firearms Dealer Permit - annual renewal Flat fee 9 120 $ 115 $ 104% 1,035 $ 1,080 $ (45) $ 100% 115 $ 1,035 $ (45) $ - $ Per Unit Annual Per Unit Annual Current Recommendations MGT Consulting Group 66