240125 -- City Council -- Agenda Questions
Council questions and staff responses for items on January 25th, 2024 City Council Meeting
6.2: Fee Resolution
Sponsors: Mary Ellen Leonard
Question:
1. Have any of these fees changed?
2. Why are we publishing this now?
3. Several months ago we approved a sanitation fee rate study for approximately $150,000: is that
rate study complete? If so, do the rates in this agenda item reflect its recommended fee rates?
4. Can we get a summary of the specific changes?
Response:
1. Yes, changes are being made to planning and development permit fees, to comply with newly
passed state laws. The changes are:
2. All fees, rates and charges in the Code of Ordinances are adopted by resolution of the City Council
as provided in Sec. 2-117 of the Code. On August 24, 2023, the Fiscal Year 2024 was adopted by
Council. However, the state legislature required a change to the calculation related to certain
planning and development fees. This resolution is to amend the fee ordinance to update the
affected fees for Fiscal Year 2024 as well as to add the rental fees for the Visitor Center facility.
3. No, we are currently negotiating the contract for the sanitation fee study. Once the contract is
complete the study will take six months to complete.
4. The changes to the planning and development fees can be seen in the response to Question 1,
above. The changes to the rental fees for the Visitor Center are below, and can be viewed in Item
6.5.
Sec. 2-123. Tourism Department.
The fees in this section are adjusted annually based upon the Consumer Price Index published
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Index adjustments cannot fall
below zero.
1. Rental Fees for the Visitor Center
User Fee up to 4 hours $2,000
User Fee up to 8 hours $3,000
Refundable Security Deposit 50% of applicable User Fee
Event Ticket Sales 10% of gross ticket sales
Use of City Staff for Set-Up, Take Down,
Clean-up or Security,
Applicable fully loaded direct costs for
personnel utilized for actual time incurred