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IREPOR_ ~o the Honorable Mayorand City Council <br />T <br /> From the City Manager <br /> <br />January 14,2002 <br /> <br />Subject <br />Police Department Fee Schedule <br /> <br />Recommendation <br />The City Council adopts, by resolution, the proposed modified fee schedule effective <br />February 1, 2002. <br /> <br />Background <br />The police department's fee schedule requires adoption by the City Council. The current <br />fee schedule has been in effect since September 1997 and is in need of modification to <br />recoup costs of materials and services. The modified fee schedule provides a formula <br />that allows fees charged for police services, and the costs for vehicles towed, due to <br />enforcement activity, to allow for more effective recovery of the costs for those services. <br /> <br />The police department provides security and traffic control services for various events <br />throughout the year. The current fee for these services or "details," is $50.00 per hour, <br />per officer. This charge is inadequate to compensate for the current actual cost of this <br />service, and does not differentiate for the service cost of supervisory personnel. By <br />adopting a formula that utilizes the actual base hourly rates of the police personnel <br />working each particular detail, and combining that with the department's current overhead <br />rate, we could more effectively recover these costs. Under this formula, the current <br />minimum hourly rate for each officer and sergeant is $80.72 and $101.18 respectively. <br />The current maximum hourly rate under this formula for each officer and sergeant is <br />$98.10 and $122.96 respectively. The adoption of this formula would preclude the <br />periodic revision of the rate charged for services, as it is based on the actual base hourly <br />and overhead rates, and not a rate that would remain static despite rising personnel <br />costs. <br /> <br />Requests for police services are often made by non-profit organizations. Often times it is <br />in the public interest that these services be provided to ensure the public safety. At the <br />discretion of the Chief of Police, a reduced rate of ¼ of the total base hourly, and <br />overhead rates may be charged to these organizations. <br /> <br />State law permits police departments to recover costs for vehicles towed due to <br />enforcement activities. Typically, individuals who have had their vehicles towed because <br />of vehicle or city code violations must obtain a "vehicle release" from the police <br />department. Those who are victims of a crime that results in a vehicle tow are not <br />charged for a "vehicle release." The current fee charged by the department for costs <br />associated with the towing, and releasing of vehicles is not commensurate with the <br /> <br /> <br />