Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Citywide User Fee Update
Jennifer Terry, Finance Manager
Ashley Lopez, Accounting Supervisor
May 7, 2024
Received After Agenda Printed
05/07/2024 - Regular Meeting
Item 18 - Staff Presentation
Background
Consumer Price Index
Fee Additions
Exceptions
Fiscal Impact
Next Steps
Recommendations
7 6
5 4
3 1
2 • 2023 Fee Study
• Best practice updates
• Annual escalator
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Citywide User Fee Update
Consumer Price Index
• 4.3% March to March
• January to January
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
All Items in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, not seasonally adjusted Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Citywide User Fee Update
Fee Additions: Short-Term Vacation
Rentals
• October 12, 2020, Resolution No. 20-4324
Short-Term Vacation Rentals Proposed Fee
Amount
Non-Hosted Application/Renewal Fee 323.33
Hosted Application/Renewal Fee 234.68
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Fee Additions: Fire Staff
• Positions included in 2023 User Fee Study
Fire
Description Proposed Hourly Rate/Fee
Amount
Firefighter/Paramedic $ 125.98
Fire Engineer $ 178.85
Fire Captain $ 282.16
Fire Inspector $ 85.53
Fire Development Services Technician $ 81.31
Emergency Medical Services Coordinator $ 111.60
Disaster Preparedness Coordinator $ 89.02
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Fee Additions: Fire Engineering Fees
Fire services provided for Engineering fees:
Fee Types Affected
o Grading (Clear and
Grub, Stockpile, Mass,
Rough)
o Precise Grade
Residential
o Revision – Grading
o Maps (Small, Med,
Large, and Parcel).
Fees Added
o Fire Plan Check $178.35
o 1 hour Deputy Fire
Marshall
o 1 hour Fire Prevention
Coordinator
o Fire Consultant $391.13
o Development Review
Fee
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Fee Additions: Medicinal Cannabis
Delivery Permit
• Ordinance 602-24 March 20, 2024
• Review and approve business types
• Fully Burdened Hourly Rate from 2023 Study
Police - POLICE
SERVICES
TECHNICIAN II
Police - POLICE
SERGEANT
Fully Burdened Hourly Rates $68.94 $204.80
Full
Cost
Proposed
Fee
Medicinal Cannabis Permit 2.00 hours 1.00 hour $342.68 $342.00 Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Citywide User Fee Update
• 15 deposit-based fees
• Hourly rates established in
2023 Study
• Improve project billing
Fee Additions: Planning Staff
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Citywide User Fee Update
Planning
Description Hourly Rate/Fee Amount
Associate Planner 112.64
Assistant Planner 93.81
Deputy Director of Development Services 180.17
City Planner 180.17
Development Services Director 201.30
Executive Assistant 118.38
Management Analyst 114.46
Sr. Planner 133.54
Development Services Technician 89.49
Exceptions
o Library payment kiosk restriction
o Fees set by other agencies
o Downtown Application Fee
Reduction Program
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• July-December 2023 (actuals + forecast remaining months) • Revenue codes for charges for services
• $375,530
• Offset increasing costs
Fiscal Impact
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1. Conduct a Public Hearing, waive full reading, and introduce Ordinance No. 603-24, Adopting the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Fee Schedule
2. Find that said actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3)
Recommendations
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Next Steps
• Second Reading June 4, 2024
• Fees effective 60 days from adoption
• August 3, 2024
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Citywide User Fee Update