Finance Committee Agenda and Packet 2020 11 17

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t' LL C# ,. FINANCE COMMITTEE Louisville COMMUNICATION COLORADO • SINCE 1878 SUBJECT: REVIEW PROPOSED FEES/FINES FOR 2021 DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2020 PRESENTED BY: EMILY HOGAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS MEGAN DAVIS, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER HEATHER BALSER, CITY MANAGER SUMMARY: Each year the City Council sets certain fees, rates and charges for the upcoming year. City Council, through Ordinance 1603, Series 2011, also authorized the City Manager to set certain fees, rates and charges not otherwise set by the Council. The fees set by the City Manager include such things as fees for photo copies, maps and documents, development application reviews, recreation center programs and classes, rental rates for various facilities, and charges for cemetery plots and services. The City Manager sets these fees and charges to recover costs and defray expenses and not as a mechanism for raising revenue. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic impacts, staff proposes that fees, rates and charges not be increased for 2021. Previously staff may have proposed increases to reflect market rate changes. Instead most fees/fines only have the annual inflator applied. More substantive changes include: • The annual inflator was not applied to Liquor License fees. • The annual inflator was not applied to Utility Disconnect fees. • Golf fees were increased beyond the annual inflator as recommended by the Recreation Advisory Board. • New fees include: Police records, rental of the Board Room at the Library, Annual Pass for Business Adult/Senior Resident/Non-Resident at the Recreation & Senior Center and Building Permit Requiring Zoning Verification Only. • Eliminated fees include: Harper Lake Boating Permits (consolidated to 1 boat/1 year for resident/non-resident), Annual Inflator Options There are two options provided that can be used for the annual inflator. The first is the standard 5% increase that was used for the 2020 fees/fines. This was calculated using the 2019 cost of government (wages, benefits, supplies, services) rather than the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The CPI for 2019 was 1.7%. CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION