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Escondido delays CPI fee adjustment; council receives third-quarter financial report showing revenue gains
Summary
Councilors agreed to postpone a CPI-based user fee adjustment while staff collect a full year of post-fee-change data. The council also received and filed the third-quarter (ending March 31, 2025) financial status report showing revenue increases in several categories and existing reserves.
City finance staff recommended postponing an automatic consumer price index (CPI) adjustment to user fees until the city can collect a full year of data under the updated fee schedule; council members concurred. The council also received and filed the city's third-quarter financial status report for the period ending March 31, 2025.
Finance Director Christina Holmes presented background on the user-fee study and recent changes. Holmes said a consultant's 2024 review led council to move many direct-benefit fees to full cost recovery and…
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