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STAFF ORIGINATOR: DATE: TOPIC: VOTE REQUIRED: BACKGROUND: AGENDA ITEM 3A Julie Bartell, City Clerk December 10, 2007 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 16-07 Establishing the 2008 Fee Schedule Simple Majority (3/5 Vote) In order to provide for a more efficient and timely method of reviewing and adjusting the various fees charged by the City, fees are consolidated into one schedule to be reviewed and adopted on an annual basis. Some of these fees have specific statutory requirements. The current fee schedule has been circulated to department directors with a request to update or amend the schedule as appropriate. For some fees, survey information available from Metro Cities (Association of Metropolitan Municipalities) was used to compare our city fees with comparable metro cities. Ordinance No.16-07 (the proposed 2008 Fee Schedule) is attached. Recommended amendments to the ordinance are printed in red. Please note the following: • Alcohol and Tobacco License Fees — a comparison with other metro cities indicates that our fees are in line with area averages with the exception of tobacco licenses. Staff is therefore recommending that the current fee for a tobacco license be increased from $50 to $100 annually. • Government Data - the city has an established cost for providing paper copies of public data, however, new language is recommended on some related data provision areas. The added section clarifies the city's policy on how data can be provided (format), the cost of staff time, and provision of electronically maintained data. • Housing Maintenance Code — the fee ordinance includes the addition of a Rental Housing Licensing fee as provided for in the Rental Housing and Property Maintenance Code adopted by the city in August. The fee is based on inspection and administrative time associated with the rental program. It should be noted that the "Star Program" administered by the Public Safety Department, as a companion to the rental housing requirements, provides for reductions to the license fees as an incentive for program compliance; • Building Fees - base fees are being adjusted and updated.