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M6:0UlveSVVIEW <br />of Mounds View Staff R <br />Item No: 9 B. <br />Meeting Date: November 27, 2017 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review l <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Nyle Zikmund, Interim City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8852 Adopting the 2018 Fee Schedule <br />Introduction: <br />Administration coordinated review and updating of the City fee schedule. This is done on an <br />annual basis. A draft of the fee schedule was presented and discussed at the November 6, 2017 <br />workshop. The schedule was finalized with exception of some additional work needed regarding <br />the liquor license for the movie theater. Included in this packet is a memo from our Community <br />Planner/Supervisor Jon Sevald. <br />Discussion: <br />Revisions to the Fee Schedule are highlighted in red (deletions) and blue (additions). Specific to <br />the Community Development/Building and Codes area, we are recommending we migrate from <br />our home crafted fees to state statute. This entails deleting much of the Mounds View specific <br />and inserting an Appendix that is the statutory citation. Furthermore, we state that appendix is <br />adopted as "amended from time to time" thus providing an automatic update if the statute is <br />updated. <br />Our fees were based on set rates whereby the state, which the vast majority of metro cities use, <br />based on valuation which is a better reflection of the workload. Based on a survey done by the <br />Permit Technician, we were slightly below our neighboring communities and this change will align <br />us with them. <br />Specific to rental rates at our parks and the YMCA, we are recommending rate adjustments based <br />on the YMCA Advisory Committee and Park Board recommendations for room rentals and park <br />building usage. The YMCA room rates at the Community Center go down for off peak times to <br />entice business usage during those times. Athletic Field and Park Building rates increase to cover <br />operational and maintenance costs. <br />Specific to the utility rate increases, Finance Director Beer monitors our current and future needs <br />along with surveying similar and surrounding communities and is recommending a rate increase <br />to fund current but more accurately, future investments that will be required to maintain safe and <br />reliable municipal utilities. <br />Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends adoption of the 2018 proposed fee schedule as detailed/presented. <br />Nyle Zikmund/Interim City Administrator <br />