City Council Meeting
July 22, 2025
Kemplen Robbins
Interim Division Chief Fire Marshal
1 Fire Department
Permit Fee Increase
Fire Department Fee Increase
❖ The Santa Rosa Fire Department
administers several programs, including
operational permits, Certified Unified
Program Agency (CUPA) and fire
construction permits.
❖ The cost to administer these programs has
increased over the past two decades.
2 Micrographics and Technology
Fees
❖ Micrographic and Technology fees are
assigned to each permit to cover the cost to
run the program, including the maintenance
and operational costs of permit processing,
storage and evolving technological demands.
❖ These fees were originally added in July of
2006. There has not been an increase to this
2.5% fee since its inception.
3 Micrographics and Technology
Fee Proposed Increase
❖ In an effort to modernize and maintain current
technological and administrative demands, the
Department is proposing a 1.5% increase to each
of these fees.
Current Fee -
Micrographics
Proposed Fee
Increase
New Proposed
Micrographics Fee
2.5% 1.5% 4%
Current Fee –
Technology
Proposed Fee
Increase
New Proposed
Technology Fee
2.5% 1.5% 4%
CUPA Fee Increase
❖ CUPA fees have increased annually by the CPI.
However, this increase has not covered the true cost
to administer the program and has not been increased
since 2005.
❖ During the state mandated self audit of the CUPA, it
was determined that existing fees were not covering
the cost of the program.
❖ A 5% fee increase to the current CUPA operational
permit fees will cover the cost of administering the
CUPA program and will have minimal impact to the
business community.
5 RECOMMENDATION
❖ It is recommended by the Fire Department
that the council, by resolution:
6 1) Approve a 1.5% increase in micrographics
and technology fees to total 4% each
respectively, and;
2) Approve a 5% increase in CUPA operational
permit fees.
QUESTIONS?