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CC Regular Session Meeting Date: 11/07/2011 By: Diana Lund, Finance Information 4.5. Title: - Removed from agenda. Background: Effective June 30, 1991, Ordinance 491-08 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. Charges for a Sauna/Massage Parlor and Second Hand Goods have been added to the charges for 2012. 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 above rate increases take into effect staff recommendations, industry standards, rates charged by neighboring cities, individual rate studies such as water utility and annual increases based on inflation. City Council is meeting on the proposed 2012 fees at a worksession on November 7, 2011 for further discussion and clarification of the proposed rates. Funding Source: None Council Action: Introduce Ordinance 411 -XX- 2012 Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges and calling for a public Hearing on November 22, 2011. Ordinance 2012 Schedule of Rates, Fees & Charges 2012 Proposed Schedule of Fees & Charges Inbox Reviewed By Kurt Ulrich Kurt Ulrich Form Started By: Diana Lund Attachments Form Review Final Approval Date: 11/03/2011 Date 11/03/201101:16 PM Started On: 11/02/2011 08:11 AM