South San Francisco City Council
March 23, 2022

Master Fee Schedule
FY 2021-2022
Engineering Division Amendment
March 23, 2022
User Fee Study
2  COMPREHENSIVE
➢ Identify total cost of providing a service
➢ Compare service costs with existing policy recovery levels ➢ Recommend potential new fees for existing services that do not currently have established fees.
 COST ALLOCATION
➢ Establishes time estimates by position for each service ➢ Allocates overhead costs
User Fee Study from February 2020
Engineering Fee
Amendments
3  CURRENT CHARGING METHODS
➢ Applying the most reasonably
similar established fee
➢ Receiving and tracking a
deposit to be drawn-down as
the project progresses
 DEFINING SERVICES
➢ Currently 19 established Fees
➢ Proposed 98 established Fees
 COST RECOVERY
➢ 96 fees full cost recovery
➢ 2 fees state mandated
Inflation Adjustment
4 SSF Implemented CPI-U
CY2020 + 0.0% + 2.0%
CY2021 + 2.0% + 4.2%
Net Change + 2.0% + 6.3% *
 The difference between the CPI-U indices equates
to 6.33% when comparing December 2019 to
December 2020
 ANNUAL FEE ADJUSTMENT
➢ Typically, City fees are annually adjusted based on the prior Calendar Year inflation (CY)
➢ Inflation based on Consumer Price Index for the Bay Area (CPI-U)