HomeMy WebLinkAbout4139 I Ordinance No. 4139
2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 3, 36, AND 43, OF THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
3 TO REPEAL AND REPLACE LANGUAGE RELATED TO THE PERIODIC ADJUSTMENT TO
4 USER FEES
5 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte ordains as follows:
6 Section 1 . Purpose. This proposed ordinance consolidates multiple
7 references to periodic adjustments to various department user fees by
8 repealing those references in Chapters 3, 36, and 43 and replacing
9 them with one section in a new Article that will apply to all user
10 fees to be located in Chapter 3, entitled "Fees. "
11 Section 2 . Section 3-2, entitled "Periodic adjustment to sheriff' s
12 fees, " is repealed.
13 Section 3. Section 3-33, entitled "Periodic adjustment to treasurer-
14 tax collector fees, " is repealed.
15 Section 4 . Section 3--41 (b) , entitled "Periodic adjustment to Building
16 Division Fee Schedule, " is repealed.
17 Section 5. Section 3-45, entitled "Periodic adjustment to planning
18 division fees, " is repealed.
19 Section 6. Section 3-56, entitled "Periodic adjustment to fire
20 department fees, " is repealed.
21 Section 7 . Section 3-62, entitled "Periodic adjustment to agricultural
22 commissioner fees, " is repealed.
23 Section 8 . Section 3-83, entitled "Periodic adjustment to land
24 development division fees, " is repealed.
25 Section 9. Section 36-15, entitled "Periodic adjustment to probation
26 fees, " is repealed.
27 Section 10. Section 36-41, entitled "Periodic adjustment to sheriff
28 fees, " is repealed.
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I Section 11 . Section 43-20, entitled "Periodic adjustment to public
2 health fees, " is repealed.
3 Section 12 . Article XXVI, entitled "Periodic Adjustments to the Butte
4 County Master Fee Schedule" is added to Chapter 3, entitled "Fees, " to
5 read as follows :
6 Article XXVI . Periodic Adjustments to the Butte County Master Fee
7 Schedule
8 Section 3-320 - Periodic Adjustments to User Fees
9 User fees are initially established, and adjusted at various later
10 dates, based on a comprehensive user fee study. From time to time
11 between such adjustments, Department Heads may submit documentation
12 substantiating that there has been an increase in the cost of
13 providing services and may request an increase in the fees specified
14 in the Butte County Master Fee Schedule. The Board of Supervisors may
15 increase these fees in an amount proportional to the increase in such
16 costs . This ability to increase fees does not apply to phased in fees
17 for which future fee amounts have been already established. The
i8 determination of whether there has been an increase in the cost of
19 Providing services and the amount of the increase in the fees shall
20 be made by the Board of Supervisors based on the following:
21 (1) The net percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index (Not
22 Seasonally Adjusted, Total Compensation, State and Local
23 Government, Index Number, All Workers-Series ID = ECU100031) , as
24 published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
25 Labor Statistics between the date of such increase and the
26 effective date of this section or any prior increase in the fee
27 made pursuant to the provisions of this section.
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I The formula for adjusting the fee is: (New index amount/amount of
2 index at time of existing fee) x existing fee = new fee
3 If a fee is mandated by another jurisdiction, such as the state or
4 federal government, the amount collected by the County will be
5 automatically adjusted to reflect the adjustments made to the fee by
6 the other jurisdiction.
7 Section 13. Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or the
8 application thereof to any person or circumstances is for any reason
9 held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
10 provision shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity thereof shall
11 not affect the remaining provisions or other applications of the
12 Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
13 application thereof.
14 Section 14 . Effective Date and Publication. This Ordinance shall take
15 effect on December 1, 2017, which is more than 30 days after the date
16 of its passage. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors is authorized
17 and directed to publish a summary of this ordinance before the
18 expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage. This ordinance
19 shall be published once, with the names of the members of the Board of
20 Supervisors voting for and against it, in the Chico Enterprise Record,
21 a newspaper of general circulation published in the County of Butte,
22 State of California.
23 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
24 Butte, State of California, on the 24' day of October 2017, by the
25 following vote:
26 AYES: Supervisors Kirk, Lambert, Teeter, and Chair Connelly
NOES: Supervisor Wahl
27 ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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BILL CONNELLY, Chaid of the
2 Butte County Board of Supervisors
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ATTEST:
4 PAUL RAHN, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
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