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Council considers new hearing‑officer fees and temporary potable‑water discount increase
Summary
City staff proposed new pass‑through fees for outside hearing officers—a $40 parking citation appeal fee and a $50 administrative‑citation hearing fee—and recommended increasing the potable‑water entitlement discount from 30% to 60% temporarily through February 2026.
City staff presented a resolution to set fees related to use of outside hearing officers and to adjust a temporary potable‑water entitlement discount.
Mogensen (presentation staff) said the fees reflect vendor costs for two categories: a $40 fee for requests for hearings on parking citations handled by an outside hearing officer and a $50 fee for other administrative‑citation hearings (for example, code‑enforcement matters). He said the fees are pass‑through charges and that an appellant who wins would be reimbursed. The staff presentation named the outside provider as TurboData.
In a separate bracket of the same resolution, staff recommended increasing the city’s potable‑water entitlement discount for certain allocations from the current 30% to 60% through the end of February 2026, to be revisited at the close of the fiscal year.
Public comment included a statement opposing outsourcing of functions that had previously been handled by city staff.
Council discussion was brief. A council member moved to adopt the resolution; the meeting record includes the motion but does not record a roll‑call vote result for this item in the transcript. The resolution text and fee schedule will be returned in final form for adoption on a future agenda. Staff said the hearing officer fees are intended to be fully reimbursable when an appellant prevails.
Details: Parking citation hearing fee: $40 per request. Administrative‑citation hearing fee (code enforcement and similar): $50 per hearing. Potable‑water entitlement discount: increase from 30% to 60% through February 2026 (to be revisited).
