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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 97-044 - Amending Its Scheduel of Fees & Service Charges for the Mailing of Utility Customer Service Nonpayment Disconnection Notices ., 't � • RESOI�UTION NO. 97-� A RESOLUTION OF T�IE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AMENDING ITS SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE MAILING OF UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE NONPAYMENT DISCONNECTION NOTICES. WHEREAS, on October 4, 1988, by Resolution 88-364, the City Council adopted a Schedule of Fees and Service Charges (Schedule), which has been subsequently amended from time- to-time; and WHEREAS, pursuant to said resolution, the City Manager is authorized and directed to revise, supplement and maintain the Schedule so that it will be, to the greatest extent possible, a comprehensive list of fees for City permits and services; and that a fee that is not on the Schedule will not be invalid but should be made a part thereof at the earliest possible time; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Council that all City services be self-supporting and not subsidized as to their operational costs by revenues raised through the imposition of ad valorem taxes or other sources of revenue; and WHEREAS, on November 19, 1996, the City Council amended Council Policy 1402 to allow for the mailing of 48-hour nonpayment disconnection notices mandated by the California State Public Utilities Commission, rather than continuing the practice of personally delivering these notices; and WHEREAS, a public hearing regarding the proposed fee of $10 for the mailing of a Utility Customer Service Nonpayment Disconnection Notice was held on this date, prior to the adoption of � this Resolution; � NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Redding FINDS, DETERMINES ;V and RESOLVES as follows: `� � , ' . A � • r l. With respect to the proposed $10 fee, the City Council finds and determines that: A. The fee is reasonably related to the cost of providing the specific service for which the fee is to be charged, and is necessary to cover the City's costs of providing the service. B. The provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act do not apply to the fee, which is for the purpose of ineeting operating expenses, or a portion thereof. C. The proposed fee will not exceed the governmental costs in providing the service in fiscal year 1996/97. 2. That the City's Schedule of Fees and Service Charges be amended to include the $10 fee for the mailing of Utility Customer Service Nonpayment Disconnection Notices. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4tn day of March , 1997, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCII, MEMBERS: P. Anderson, R. Anderson, Kehoe, Murray and McGeorge NOES: COUNCII, MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None . C DAVID . EO , M or Attest: Form Approved: � r �/ �L�G��/�-" �1'� < Connie Strahmayer, City r W. Leonard Wingate, Ci Attorney _. ... ... ..... ........_... - ... .. 2 . .. ... ... ... ... .