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Board of Appeals proposes higher surcharges to recover new city attorney cost-recovery; supervisors question methodology
Summary
The committee reviewed an ordinance to adjust permit and license appeal surcharges to recover costs including a new city attorney cost-recovery request; staff said controller-calculated surcharges rely on prior-year appeals, while supervisors asked whether projected activity (for example, anticipated cannabis appeals) could be used to set fees.
The Budget and Finance Committee heard a presentation on an ordinance to amend administrative code surcharges that fund the Board of Appeals.
Victor Pacheco, interim head of the Board of Appeals, said the proposal increases several surcharges to recover costs that include a first-time cost-recovery request from the city attorney's office (roughly $160,000), salary adjustments…
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