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Board adopts revisions to Tuolumne County fire prevention fee schedule, adds short‑term‑rental inspection fee
Summary
After a consultant study, the board approved a revised fire prevention fee schedule that aligns selected fees with estimated full cost of service and introduced a short‑term rental inspection fee; Supervisor Kirk recused from the short‑term rental vote.
The Board of Supervisors voted to adopt an updated fire prevention fee schedule and to add a fee category for short‑term rental safety inspections after reviewing a consultant study that recommended moving fees toward full cost recovery.
Lede: Supervisors approved the ordinance change on staff recommendation following a presentation by MGT, a consulting firm, and Tuolumne County Fire, which presented per‑service cost calculations and proposed adjustments that in many categories either lowered fees (where current fees exceeded calculated cost) or raised fees (where current fees did not cover full cost).
Nut graf: The MGT study calculated fully burdened hourly rates for fire prevention staff, applied average inspection and review times, and annualized costs using historic volumes. The study recommended raising or lowering 95 fee line items such that each fee better matched the calculated cost to provide the…
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