Presentation to
City Council
Master Fee Schedule
Fiscal Year 2025-26
May 28, 2025
Jason Wong, Deputy Finance Director
Overview of Master Fee Schedule FY 2025-26
By law, most user fees are limited to the City’s reasonable cost of providing the service or benefit
Best practice, a user fee study should be conducted every 3 – 5 years In 2023, Matrix Consulting Group completed the City’s study Interim years use Consumer Price Index (last year 2.70%) Except state mandate limits, deposits, convenience fees and rates regulated by different agency
2 Finance
In November 2024, voters approved Measure W – Business License Tax which allows the City to charge a late fee of 10% per month up to maximum of 100% of the taxes due Moved the cannabis operator fee to ECD – Planning Division Moved parking permit fees to Public Works Department
3 Library
Library Board of Trustee approved increasing the Out of County / Inter-loan reserve fee for non-residents from $9 to $10
4 ECD – Planning Division
City Council approved the Mobile Home and Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Hotel conversion ordinances on January 22, 2025. Planning is adding the permit fee to the master fee schedule.
ECD – Building Division and Fire Department
Add permit fee for commercial solar energy projects that exceeds the fee amounts established by California Code Section 66015.
The recommended fee is based upon the costs to the City of using the services of independent contractors who are immediately available to review these complex permit applications and who have the necessary expertise and experience to expeditiously review the applications, as well as the actual costs of City staff involved in the application review. 5 Public Works Department – Water Quality Division
6 City Cost
Study
Proposed
FY 2025-26
Fee
Actual
FY 2024-25
Fee
Service
Food Facility Discharge Permit $400 $450 $540
SIU Wastewater Discharge Permit $1,800 $2,000 $2,186
Waste / Septage Hauler Discharge Permit $400 $450 $526
Phase in full cost recovery over several years
Park and Recreation Department
The Park and Recreation Department modernized its fees by implementing a series of updates. These include the addition, deletion, increase, and reduction of various fees. The Department also made administrative corrections and updated certain names to ensure consistency and clarity.
On May 20, 2025, the Parks and Recreation Commission approved the proposed FY 2025-26 Master Fee Schedule.
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