• The City maintains a Master Fee Schedule identifying applicable fees for various City Services
• Fees differ from taxes in that cities collect fees and charges for government services performed at the request of, or specifically for, aparticular individual, business or group...as opposed to services for the communityas a whole. pp
performed
Taxes
Paid by everyone for
government services that
benefit the entire community
such as public safety.
Fees
Paid by individual, business or
group for government services
that directly benefits
thems: Ives such as permits for
prix ate swimming pools,
facility rentals and business
licenses
• The Master Fee Schedule outlines permit fees and charges for service citywide but does not include general taxes such as property or sales tax, or Development Impact Fees (DIFs).
• These fees are on a different schedule and presented to City Council separately. • User Fees must be linked to and not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service.
• The full cost of service sets the maximum limit of a cost -based fee. • Cost of service includes direct program costs for I3bor, services, and supplies • Facilities overhead
• Departmental Administration
• Citywide administration and central support services
• The City engaged Clear Source Financial Consulting in 2022 to conduct a Comprehensive User Fee Study which was presented to and adopted by City Council on April 5, 2022.
• Clear Source recommended an annual review of all fees and adjustment by the CPI for subsequent fiscal years, with comprehensive fee studies recommended every 3-5 years.
• The most recent CPI data for the Los Angeles -Lc ng BE ach-Ar aheim, CA region was 5.1%.
Why Should Fees be Reviewed Frequently?
• Recovering the costs of providing fee -related services directly influences the City's fiscal health and increases the City's ability to meet the service level expectations of the fee payers. • A fee for service ensures that the individual bears most, if not all, of the cost incurred by the City to provide that service. • Frequent reviews of fees and charges for sery ce ensures rates are adjusted for inflation and reduces th 2 like ihood for significant increases in any one given year.
1. Open the Public Hearing to consider amending the Placentia Comprehensive Fee Schedule for certain fees, rates, and charges for various City user services; and
2. Receive the Staff report, consider all public testimony, and discuss the proposed fees; and
3. Close the public hearing; and
4. Adopt Resolution No. R-2023-23, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Placentia, California, establishing and adopting certain City fees, rates, and charges for various City services with an effective date of July 1, 2023, for Fiscal Year 2023-24.