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Council approves updated master fee schedule after cost-of-service study; small CPI tax adjustments adopted
Summary
San Leandro council adopted an updated master fee schedule based on a citywide cost-of-service study, authorizing fee changes estimated to increase fee-derived revenues and adopting CPI-based adjustments for certain taxes; staff said existing fee recovery overall is about 53 percent of full cost.
San Leandro City Council on May 5 approved amendments to the city's master fee schedule following a year-long cost-of-service study and adopted annual CPI adjustments for several municipal taxes.
Assistant Finance Director Felicia Silva presented the study results and recommended fee schedule updates prepared with consultant NBS. "When we look at the existing cost recovery percentage, we end up seeing that it's 53%," Silva said, summarizing the study's high-level finding that fees currently recover roughly half the full cost of providing covered services.
Study highlights and staff recommendations: The review examined direct, indirect and support costs and calculated per-unit costs for fee-based activities across departments. The…
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