Introduce Ordinance for 2012 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges and Call for a Public Hearing (removed as consent #4.09 and becomes regular case #7.05)

Effective June 30, 1991, Ordinance #91-08 amended S7.01.10 of the City Code to allow the City Council to annually set fees.

The City is allowed to annually adopt the Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges by Resolution, but the City has chosen to adopt its entire schedule by ordinance. Ordinance adoption provides the opportunity for comments at a Public Hearing and gives adequate time (30 days) before the rates go into effect.

Attached is the proposed 2012 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges. The 2011 Adopted column represents the City’s current schedule of fees. Those items shown in the 2012 column reflect the proposed 2012 fees. Changes/ and or additions from 2011 to 2012 are bolded.


One fee that is rising is the fee for pawn brokers from $3,000 to $4,000 to offset the costs of time that the police have attributed to tracking the pawn transactions. Staff contacted neighboring communities and found that the average Pawnbroker fee was $7,500 (fees ranged from $3,000 to $13,500). The city established the $3,000 fee in 2004.

The rates applicable to Water, Sewer and storm Trunk have been amended to reflect 2010 rates (a decrease of 3.7% from 2011).  The Public Works Committee authorized a comprehensive sewer and water system study at its November 15, 2011 meeting.  After the results of this study are completed, the utility rates may be adjusted to reflect these findings.

City Council is meeting on the proposed 2012 fees at a worksession on November 22, 2011 for further discussion and clarification of the proposed rates.

Introduce Ordinance #11-XX- 2012 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges and calling for a public Hearing on November 22, 2011.

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Introduce Ordinance #11-XX- 2012 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges and calling for a public Hearing on December 13, 2011.