| AGENDA ITEM #: 9. DATE: 06/21/2021 AI #:113 |
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CITY COUNCIL ACTION REPORT
| SUBJECT: | PUBLIC HEARING ON NON-UTILITY USER FEES |
| STAFF PRESENTER(S): | Doug Sandstrom, Finance Director |
OTHER PRESENTER(S):
None
SUMMARY
Staff will present the report of findings, stakeholder outreach and discuss details regarding the City’s user fee and cost of service study.
Recommendation
Open a Public Hearing to receive comments from the Public on Non-Utility User Fees. (Doug Sandstrom, Finance Director)
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact at this time, as no action will be taken. The item is to receive public input through a required Public Hearing.
BACKGROUND AND PREVIOUS ACTIONS
The city retained the services of MGT Consulting to conduct the City's 2021 User Fee Study which was completed in April, 2021. On April 21, 2021, pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-499.15, a Public Notice of Proposed Fee Increases was posted to the city's webpage along with the City's User Fee Report and Individual Fee Summaries by department. A dedicated email address was created and made available to the public through a link on the webpage. On April 23, 2021, an email providing the Public Notice and link to the city's webpage was sent to 233 developers. The City then hosted a virtual Development Advisory Forum on June 1, 2021, with Development Services, Engineering, and Finance staff present and available to answer questions.
Based on feedback received from council additional information is being gathered to finalize the recommendation of fees to be adopted. All fees will be based upon the posted user fee report and be proposed at or below the amounts in the report. All required notifications and public hearings have been met with the completion of this Public Hearing.
Based on feedback received from council additional information is being gathered to finalize the recommendation of fees to be adopted. All fees will be based upon the posted user fee report and be proposed at or below the amounts in the report. All required notifications and public hearings have been met with the completion of this Public Hearing.
STAFF ANALYSIS
The City of Goodyear has not had a full external cost of service study performed since 2009. The City’s Pretreatment program’s fee study was conducted in 2014. The City contracted with MGT in July 2019 to perform a cost of service study using fiscal year 2020/2021 budgeted figures, staffing, and operational information. The current City fees in this report represent the fees being charged at the beginning of this study and the recommended fees represent the direct cost of providing the specific service. As a best practice, revenues should not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the service. MGT’s recommendations in this report have been vetted with staff and are advisory in nature only. Ultimately Council must decide what fee levels are appropriate.
Additional information is being compiled for council consideration of fee adoption to be presented on July 12, 2021.
Additional information is being compiled for council consideration of fee adoption to be presented on July 12, 2021.