Item #09
Date: January 16, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jennifer Styczynski, Finance Director
Jim Schaad, City Manager
Subject: Amendment to the City’s Current Fee Schedule
Recommendation:
Pass a Motion to 1) have Council conduct the noticed public hearing to receive comments regarding proposed changes to the City of Marysville Fee Schedule; and 2) adopt Resolution No. 2024-XX, to adopt the Fee Schedule with the recommended changes and rescind all Resolutions in conflict therewith.
Rationale for Recommendation:
The City regularly reviews its cost of doing business and proposes changes to the schedule of fees it charges users for a variety of City services. Before the proposed fees can be adjusted, a public hearing is required to allow for public comment. The last change to the Fee Schedule was adopted on June 20, 2023. There are minor proposed changes and an overall administrative cleanup for consistent formatting.
Discussion & Analysis:
In reviewing the fee schedule, many of the existing fees listed below do not recover the true cost of providing those services or were not consistent with current practices.
The proposed change to the fees and/or language within the fee schedule is as follows:
• Update Police Permit Original Application Fee from $100 plus DOJ fee to a flat $132. • Update Card Room Work Permit Original Application Fee from $68 plus DOJ fee to a flat $100. • Update Dance Halls/Special Permit Application Fee from $50 plus DOJ fee to a flat $100. • Update all fees under Massage Technician/Trainee Establishments to offset cost of compliance investigations on approved establishments and to establish an Annual Application Fee of $250. • Clean up language within the Alarm Systems section.
• Remove Parking Citation Fee for Setting Up a New Payment Schedule as this in now outsourced by iParq.
• Remove Parking Permits to be sold and fees charged for the area of C – 3rd to 7th as these streets are not in our code for endorsement.
• Remove Parking Permit Replacement section as physical permits are no longer issued. • Removing entire Security section under Police Services as all applicable language is included in section C of Police Services.
• Update Fingerprinting Fee from $68 plus DOJ fee to flat $100.
Item #09
• Add Body Cam Recording of $34 per half hour.
• Update Citation Sign Off from $10 to $15.
• Update VIN Verification Fee from $34 to $68.
• Update the fee charged per reserve officer and per patrol vehicle for Security Services By Police Officers to reflect currently hourly rates and add a fee for Full-Time Police Officers of $68 per hour.
• Update Lights Per Field under Softball Fields from $15 per hour to $80 per hour to more accurately reflect actual cost.
• Update Christmas Parade Entry Fee, Non-Profit from $25 to $30 and Commercial Entry from $50 to $60.
• Based on discussions with our Marketing and Event Consultant, update all amounts under One, Two, and Three Day Events to be in line with event venues within our region. • Update Byrant Field hourly lighting charge from $20 and $30 per hour to $80 per hour to more accurately reflect overall cost.
• Overall formatting to consistent fonts, sizing, spacing for the document to flow as a whole.
Fiscal Analysis:
This action will have a small, but unknown, positive impact on the General Fund.
Attachments:
1) Resolution 2024-XX
2) Exhibit A, Proposed Updated Fee Schedule
3) Exhibit A, Proposed Updated Fee Schedule, red line version