City Council Meeting Date: February 6, 2024
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 2024 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.
The Finance Policy Subcommittee reviewed the updated fee amounts at their January 31, 2024 meeting. Councilors Reister and Holmes were in attendance. Councilor Sokup was not in attendance due to a communication error on staff related to Councilor Sokup's new appointment to the committee in place of Councilor Ness. The following were items discussed by the subcommittee:
* Passports: The committee discussed the fact that the Northfield Library has been recognized by the state to start processing passports ($35) and also take passport photos ($15). This is a new service that fills a huge gap in passport processing locations in the region and should be a positive revenue stream for the library (the processing fee is set by the state, but the photo fee is set by each location and this pricing is comparable to other locations.
* Water Violation: This section was added after last summer's drought and water...
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