Chapter 3.30
PUBLIC SAFETY FEE
Sections:
3.30.010 Enactment, process and order.
3.30.020 Administration and collection.
3.30.040 Adjustment of existing public safety fee.
3.30.010 Enactment, process and order.
A. Enactment. The city establishes and authorizes the levying of a public safety fee (PSF) to be used to support the police and fire departments in carrying out their respective missions and duties to protect the public. The city council is empowered to enact separate PSFs through the process established below.
B. Process. The city will follow the process which provides the following:
1. Report from the administration that addresses:
a. Specific purpose or use to be made of the revenue from each PSF.
b. The estimated amount of revenue that the PSF would raise for the city.
c. The specific amount of the PSF and the method of determining the amount of the PSF.
d. The group of citizens who would be charged the PSF.
e. The criteria established for determining the need for a PSF.
2. Public hearing at which the city council may receive from the public advice; input and comment concerning the PSF.
3. Requirement that reporting be done at least annually to report the amount of revenue raised by the PSF, the expenditures from that revenue. This report may be incorporated in the annual budget.
C. Order. The city council shall enact each specific PSF through the process set out above using the council’s quasi-judicial authority by enactment of an order. [Ord. 2714 § 7 (Exh. A), 2009. Code 2001 § 36.35.]
3.30.020 Administration and collection.
The city administration will be responsible for billing, collection, and reporting to the city council concerning each PSF. The PSFs may be billed and collected through the city’s utility billing system. The city budget will contain information that clearly indicates the amount of revenue that each PSF is estimated to collect and the proposed expenditures. An annual report will be made to the city council showing actual revenue collected and expenditures made during the previous fiscal year period. This report may be incorporated in the annual budget. [Ord. 2714 § 7 (Exh. A), 2009. Code 2001 § 36.36.]
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