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HEARING - Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 224-2024 to:
1) Establish a consolidated fee schedule to become effective January 1, 2025; and
2) Supersede all previous Sheriff’s Office fee schedule Resolutions excluding Resolutions that address fees for Civil Process which shall remain unaffected.
FUNDING: Revenue Increase.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Government Code Section 54985 authorizes the Board of Supervisors to adopt new fees, fee levels and charges.
The proposed resolution includes references to the statutory fee authority from the Penal Code, Government Code, Evidence Code, Health and Safety Code, Business and Professions Code or County Ordinance, which in some cases caps the amount charged.
The methodology used to develop the proposed fees include the calculation of staff hourly rates taken from the County’s budgeted salaries and benefits, documented personnel time spent on specific activities, comparing fees offered from other Counties and Municipalities and reasonability. Additionally, legislative updates have caused some fees to no longer be applicable.
In carrying out the Fee Study, the Sheriff’s Office focused on three areas: 1) Records and CCW (Concealed Carry Weapon) Fees 2) Weekender and Work Program Fees 3) Parking Penalties.
Records Fees
Fees collected in the Records and CCW divisions consist of report copies, rolling fees, clearance letters, local criminal history checks, repossession, subpoenas, itinerant license, massage license, fortune teller license, secondhand dealer/pawn broker license, explosives permits, and card room licenses and Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) Permit fees. Not including CCW fees, the Sheriff’s Office estimates that an additional $2,000 in revenues will be observed from the proposed Records Fee updates based on FY 2023/24 activities. Many of the Records fees are determined by Statute. For the fees not determined by Statute we are recoveri...
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