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Council adopts updated user-fee schedule after Willdan study; option A selected
Summary
After a multi-year Willdan study, the council approved a comprehensive update to the city's user-fee schedule (option A), including a 3.2% CPI increase effective July 1, and authorized staff to use study hourly rates; the changes increase a variety of departmental fees to better reflect full cost recovery.
City staff and Willdan Financial Services presented the comprehensive user-fee study and recommended fee adjustments across departments intended to increase cost recovery and reduce general-fund subsidies. Tony Thrasher (Willdan) described methodology — time-and‑materials, overhead allocation and fee-type distinctions — and highlighted broad patterns: many existing fees fall below full cost and the study proposes increases and new fees…
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