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Committee forwards medical-examiner and fire fee packages, juvenile-probation fee proposal withdrawn
Summary
The committee forwarded a medical-examiner fee ordinance and a set of fire-department fee ordinances to the full Board with recommendations; the juvenile probation department withdrew a proposed daily-fee ordinance after identifying internal cuts to cover the revenue target.
The Budget & Finance Committee took a set of fee-related actions on June 25, forwarding several ordinances to the full Board and accepting a departmental withdrawal in one case.
Medical Examiner fees: Steve Gelman of the Medical Examiner's Office explained proposed increases and new fees tied to improved scientific capabilities and cost recovery for services provided to outside agencies. He clarified fees are generally charged to outside agencies (e.g., CHP, FBI) and not to victims; waiver procedures exist for those unable to pay. The committee moved to forward the medical-examiner fee ordinance to the full Board with recommendation and the chair took the item without objection.
Fire Department fees (Items 4'7): Mark Corso, Fire Department finance, described amendments to the fire code, health code and tax code to update permit, inspection and ambulance fees; the changes are intended to recover a higher share of the bureau of fire prevention's costs and to reflect current ambulance-cost allocation rules. The committee voted to send items 4 through 7 to the full Board with recommendation.
Juvenile Probation daily-fee proposal (Item 8): The Chief of Juvenile Probation told the committee the department will withdraw its proposal to establish daily fees at juvenile hall and Log Cabin Ranch after identifying roughly $304,000 in internal materials-and-supplies reductions to cover the revenue target. The committee accepted the withdrawal. Public commenters, including youth-advocacy groups, praised the withdrawal and urged continued attention to minimizing financial burdens on youth and families.
Next steps: Medical-examiner and fire-fee ordinances will be scheduled for full Board consideration; juvenile-probation materials-and-supplies adjustments will be reviewed by the Controller's Office as requested.
