CITY OF SANTA MARIA
2025 User Fee Schedule
JUNE 3, 2025
Background
•User Fees – Personal Choice Services
–Customer is identifiable and the service is
measurable
–Benefits an individual or group
–Examples: Planning, Facility Rentals
•Cost of Services (User Fee) Study 2020
•User Fee Cost Recovery Level Policy
User Fee Update
•Annual User Fee Update Report
–Prepared by Revenue Cost Specialists (RCS)
–Basis for the update was the Cost of Services Study
2020
–Staff recommends applying a Consumer Price Index
to the FY 2025-26 fee schedule based on the 12-
month percent change to the Consumer Price Index
(CPI) for All Urban Consumers, Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Anaheim, CA area: 3.3%
User Fee Update
•Annual User Fee Update Report
–Three fees had additional evaluation:
•Copy Fees
–Recommendation: Apply the $0.10 per page limit
only for Fair Political Practices Commission
(FPPC) - related documents. No other changes
proposed
•Credit Card Processing Fee
–Recommendation: No change proposed
•Bid Protest Fee:
–Recommendation: Adopt at the time the
Procurement Policy and Procedures Manual is
presented to the City Council for adoption.
Recommendations
1.Hold a public hearing regarding the addition and
update of the Citywide User Fees identified in the
Annual User Fee Update and 2025 User Fee Schedule.
2.Adopt a Resolution approving the addition and update
of Citywide User Fees identified in the Annual User Fee Update and 2025 User Fee Schedule.