City Council Meeting Date: March 18, 2025
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Lynette Peterson, City Clerk
Title
Adopt Changes to Fees and Charges.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the attached resolution adopting changes to fees and charges.
Summary Report:
Annual review of fees and charges is desirable to ensure that the appropriate fees are being charged for City services. In formulating updated fee amounts, each department reviews services that are provided and what the costs for those services are. Costs include staff member time as well as overhead expenses. A resolution adopting changes to fees and charges is included as Attachment 1. The updated 2025 fee schedule is included as Attachment 2. A redlined list of proposed changes is included as Attachment 3. This attachment shows a side-by-side view of current fees and proposed fees. It is recommended that the proposed fees be effective upon adoption. The proposed changes will be incorporated into the comprehensive fee schedule once adopted.
A brief explanation of proposed fee changes is noted below provided as background to the Council:
City Clerk
* Added additional fees related to data requests which had not previously been noted on the fee schedule. A fee for black/white and color copying charges for data requests greater than 100 copies has been added as this fee has not been indicated previously.
Public Works - Street/Parks
* Added fee for Babcock Park Rental - Full Day. The indoor space will require additional cleaning services after events.
* Increased the barricade rental deposit fee. This is a refundable fee, however, should barricades not be returned, the deposit fee will more closely match the cost of replacing barricades.
* Added Temporary Traffic Sign Rental and deposit fee. This is normally used for community events.
* Added Labor/Operator regular time and overtime rate. Staff charges for each employee billed will be calcu...
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