HomeMy WebLinkAbout23-134BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Resolution No. 23-134
RESOLUTION AMENDING LAND USE FEES IN THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY OF
BUTTE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, FIRE
DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION, AND DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors established the Butte County Master Fee Schedule by Resolution on March 24,
2009, and has periodically amended the Fee Schedule over time; and
WHEREAS, the Master Fee Schedule is a schedule of fees for services provided by the County that benefit individuals
or businesses; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Constitution and the laws of the State of California, the County
of Butte is authorized to adopt and implement fees for services, provided however, that such fees do not exceed the
estimated reasonable cost of providing such service; and
WHEREAS, the County annually updates the Master Fee Schedule to increase and maintain clarity, consistency,
transparency, and cost recovery; and
WHEREAS, County Code section 3-331 allows periodic adjustments to user fees based on an increase in the cost of
providing services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to County Code section 3-331 an increase in the cost of providing services for user fees is calculated
by the net percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index (ECI) (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Total Compensation, State and
Local Government, Index Number, All Workers) as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved a resolution amending the Master Fee Schedule
based on the net percentage increase in the ECI through the second quarter of 2022; and
WHEREAS, the ECI in the second quarter of 2022 was 150.7 and increased to 158.1 in the second quarter of 2023,
resulting in a net percentage increase of 4.91%; and
WHEREAS, the Agricultural Commissioner's Office, Department of Development Services, Fire Department, Department
of Public Health's Environmental Health Division, and Department of Public Works request to apply the ECI increase of 4.91% to
fees in their fee schedules; and
WHEREAS, the Agricultural Commissioner's Office and Department of Development Services request to remove and/or
modify fees in their fee schedules; and
WHEREAS, the Agricultural Commissioner's Office, Department of Development Services, Fire Department, Department
of Public Health's Environmental Health Division, and Department of Public Works list land use fees in their fee schedules; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to County Code section 3-331, a fee mandated by another jurisdiction will be automatically
adjusted to reflect the adjustments made to the fee by the other jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 66017(a), land use fees shall be effective no sooner than 60 days
following the final action on the adoption of the fee or charge or increase in the fee or charge; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was noticed twice in the Chico Enterprise -Record and Oroville Mercury -Register, 14 and
seven (7) days prior to the date of this Resolution, to allow consideration and public comment on the proposed fee adjustments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby adopt fees as delineated in
Exhibit A (Land Use) and amend the Butte County Master Fee Schedule to reflect the changes.
vote:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all fee adjustments shall become effective January 1, 2024.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 241h day of October 2023, by the following
AYES: Supervisor Durfee, Ritter, Teeter and Chair Kimmelshue
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Connelly
ABSTAIN: None —
ATTEST:
Andy Pickett, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By .�
Deputy
Tod Krmme)shue, Chair
Butte Couqky Board of Supervisors