Agenda Date: 11/15/2016
Subject:
Title
An ordinance on second reading adopting the 2017 fee schedule.
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Presented By: |
Doug Farmen, Finance Director |
POLICY QUESTION:
Does city council support adoption of the 2017 fee schedule?
BACKGROUND:
Fees are charged to customers, citizens, and other parties for city services and must be commensurate with the service provided. Usually the fee amount should recapture the cost of providing these services. Staff has been working with council to remove references to specific fee amounts from the city codes and instead review and adopt fees annually. The fee schedule does not encompass all city-wide fees such as emergency medical transportation, and library and museum fines, or license fees such as liquor and medical marijuana.
On October 11, the city council reviewed a 10-year financial projection of the sewer utility fund. The proposed fee increases for the sewer and storm drainage utilities were discussed and are incorporated into the 2017 proposed fund revenues.
STAFF ANALYSIS:
Staff reviewed all of the City of Littleton fees and has only two proposed fee changes:
Annual storm drainage fees and annual sewer service charges.
These changes are shown on a separate attachment.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
The fiscal impacts of the 2017 fee schedule are:
• Annual storm drainage fees are proposed to increase by three and two tenths percent (3.2%) for operational and capital needs of the storm drainage system ($272,800 annually).
• Annual sewer service charges are proposed to increase by two percent (2%) for operational and capital needs of the sewer utility system and the treatment plant ($24,320 annually).
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the 2017 proposed fee schedule ordinance on second reading.
PROPOSED MOTION:
Proposed Motion
I move to approve the ordinance on second reading adopting the 2017 fee schedule.