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Council adopts resolution directing staff to study targeted fee increases and cost recovery ahead of budget
Summary
Council adopted a resolution recording specific topics (animal shelter fees, certain permitting and service charges, library and parks fees, transit and vital statistics) for staff to analyze as part of the summer budget process.
City Manager (speaker 17) presented a draft resolution listing specific categories for staff study under the city's cost-recovery initiative. The resolution captures items discussed during a March pre-budget workshop and identifies departments for which staff should examine fee adjustments, including animal management (shelter and reclaim fees), certain licensing and permitting lines, library fines and services, parks and recreation fees, transit fares and vital statistics charges.
Council discussed the resolution as guidance for staff work rather than a commitment to adopt any specific fee. "We're approving this today, not saying that we're doing anything, just putting in writing that these are things that we're going to do," a councilmember said. The motion to adopt the resolution passed and staff will return this summer with analyses and recommended options to inform the budget process.
