Presentation to
City Council
Master Fee Schedule
Fiscal Year 2026-27
May 13, 2026
Christie Donnelly, Finance Director
Overview of Master Fee Schedule FY 2026-27
▪ 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 2.50%) ▪ Except state mandate limits, deposits, convenience fees and rates regulated by different agency
2 Fire Department
3 ▪ Last year, the State and City were required to adopt new building standards that went into effect on January 1, 2026, in accordance with State Statutes. ▪ The State Fire Marshal is required to adopt new codes every three years by State Statutes. ▪ These changes are reflected in the proposed FY 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule.
Parks 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. ▪ Recreation charges are allowed to be set based on the market rate rather than restricted to cost of service limitation – exception within Prop 26 for charges “not imposed upon residents”
▪ The Department also made administrative corrections and updated certain names to ensure consistency and clarity.
4 Boards and Commissions
▪ The Parks and Recreation Department presented the proposed FY 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule to the Parks and Recreation Commission on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. The Commission approved the suggested 2.5% Parks and Recreation fee increases, with 5 yeses, 1 no, and 1 absence.
▪ The Library Department presented the proposed FY 2026-27 Master Fee Schedule to the Library Board of Trustees on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The Board approved the changes to the Master Fee Schedule.
5 HOLD PUBLIC HEARING
6 Staff recommends that City Council:
1) Hold a public hearing -
• Receive input regarding adoption of proposed updates to the Master Fee Schedule 2) At conclusion of public hearing -
• Consider adopting Resolution 26-1752 approving updates to Master Fee Schedule QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU!
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