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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2009-175 - Engineering Service Charge . . RESOLUTION NO. 2009-175 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING TO INCREASE THE OVERHEAD CHARGE FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FROM 71 PERCENT TO 93 PERCENT 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, the Transportation and Engineering overhead charge requires an update to reflect the current Transportation and Engineering organization and to better account for capital-project delivery activities not currently included in the overhead charge calculation; and WHEREAS, based on the 2009-10 budget data, the overhead charge for providing capital-project engineering services is 93 percent; and WHEREAS, in accordance with City Council Policy 802, on September 1,2009, the City Manager submitted to the City Council the proposed Engineering Services Overhead increase, made a part hereof by this reference; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that, with respect to the proposed changes in the Engineering Services Overhead charge, the City Council finds and determines that: I. The increased overhead charges are reasonably related to, or are less than, the cost of providing the specific service for which the rate is to be charged and is necessary to cover the City's costs of providing the service. 2. The provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act do not apply to the increased overhead charges, which are for the purpose of meeting operating expenses or a portion thereof. 3. The proposed increases will not exceed the governmental costs in providing said services in fiscal year 2009-10. I hereby certifY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 15th day of September, 2009, and was duly adopted by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dickerson, Jones, McArthur, Stegall, and Bosetti COUNCIL MEMBERS: None COUNCIL MEMBERS: None COUNCIL MEMBERS: None _ ~I r .~ih~- RICK BOSETTI, Mayor ~ 8 ~ I ATTEST: FORM APPROVED: - -J U\ - ~ . "', " "