a. Collaborate with City staff to clarify the project scope, purpose, uses, and goals of the City’s Comprehensive User Fee Study to ensure that the study will be both accurate and appropriate to the City’s needs. b. Meet with staff as needed to learn of the City’s procedures and functions. Conduct a comprehensive review of the City’s existing fees, rates, and charges. c. Determine the complete expense associated with delivering each City service at the suitable level of activity, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws, statutes, rules, and regulations regarding the collection of fees, rates, and charges by public entities. d. Evaluate service costs with current recovery levels. This should include any service areas where the City is currently charging for services as well as potential areas where charging may be warranted, based on the City’s practices, or the practices of similar or neighboring cities. e. Propose potential new fees and charges for services the City currently provides. Recommendations should be based on practices by surrounding cities that may charge for similar services, industry best practices, or the consultant’s professional opinion.
