San Ramon council sets April 22 hearing on FY 2025–26 master fee schedule; special‑event permit fee decision deferred

The San Ramon City Council on March 25 set a public hearing for April 22 to consider adoption of the city's FY 2025–26 master fee schedule, but members agreed to defer final action on new special‑event permit application fees while staff and council review nonprofit impacts.

Staff presentation: staff member Joe (presenting for finance/administration) summarized the master fee schedule changes. The packet lists 9,780 fees citywide; staff said 4,087 would remain unchanged, 4,678 would be adjusted (largely by CPI at 3.53% or a construction cost index) and 13 fees would be new. Joe described three special‑event tiers used to set processing fees: tier 1 (events processed only by Parks & Community Services), tier 2 (requires parks plus other departments and possibly traffic control), and tier 3 (involves multiple city departments, the county or the fire district). Under the two‑phase…