ARTICLE 20-1
COST RECOVERY AND USER FEES

Section

20-1-1    Findings and intent

20-1-2    Delegation of authority and direction to manager

20-1-3    Alternative method

20-1-4    Parks and Recreation Department fees

20-1-5    Public notice

20-1-6    Provision of data

20-1-7    Appeal to Council

20-1-1 FINDINGS AND INTENT.

(A) It is the intent of the Mayor and Council to require the recovery of those direct and indirect costs, charges or fees associated with providing related services or materials to the public.

(B) This chapter provides a mechanism for ensuring that fees adopted by the City for services to the public in which an applicant receives a direct benefit are recovered by all or a part of the reasonable cost for providing the services for which the fees are charged and that tax subsidies to which the services charges are made, pursuant to policy established by the Mayor and Council.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)

20-1-2 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION TO MANAGER.

(A) The City Manager is delegated the authority and directed to provide documents to the City Council to implement its herein enumerated policy to adjust fees and charges to recover at least the percentage of reasonable costs in providing the regulation, product or service, numerated in this chapter in the percentage of reasonable costs and on the schedule of rate review and revision as established in this chapter.

(B) All fees and fee amounts for services or other operations of the City governed by this chapter shall be authorized, established and/or amended by resolution of the City Council. Any provision of the code requiring a fee to be authorized or established by ordinance is hereby amended to allow said fees to be enacted, established and amended by resolution.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)

20-1-3 ALTERNATIVE METHOD.

(A) Notwithstanding the terms thereof, in the event the Council is not presented with the information upon which actual costs of service can be determined, the Council may automatically adjust fees if the adjustment is based on a nationally recognized inflator index applicable to the cost of the necessary service since the date the fees were last adjusted or were established. The present and proposed fees and charges shall be available for review in the office of the City Clerk.

(B) Fees will be reviewed and revised on an ongoing basis to ensure they are consistent with changes in the cost of living as well as changes in methods or levels of service delivery. In implementing this goal, a comprehensive analysis of City costs and fees should be made at least every five years. In the interim, fees may be adjusted by annual changes in the Consumer Price Index.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)

20-1-4 PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FEES.

(A) The Parks and Recreation Department fees may fluctuate in an amount within the permissible fee structure for cost recovery as approved by resolution.

(B) The Parks and Recreation Department shall charge nonresidents of the City additional fees as approved by resolution.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)

20-1-5 PUBLIC NOTICE.

(A) The Clerk shall cause a published public notice to be provided, and the Council shall receive, at a regularly scheduled meeting, oral and written information and staff presentations concerning fees and charges proposed to be increased or added.

(B) Such notice, oral and written presentation and public meeting shall be provided prior to either the Council or City Manager taking any action on any new or increased fees or charges.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)

20-1-6 PROVISION OF DATA.

At least 10 working days prior to the public meeting set out in Section 20-1-5, the City Manager shall make available to the public appropriate data indicating the cost or estimated cost required to support the fees and charges for which changes are proposed to be made or fees or charges are proposed to be imposed. The City Manager shall also make available a summary of the present fee and charge schedules.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)

20-1-7 APPEAL TO COUNCIL.

Any person who feels that any fee or charge determined and set is in excess of the percentage of reasonable costs to be recovered as provided in this chapter may appeal in writing to the Mayor and Council.

(Ord. 10-1202, passed 5-10-10)