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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 6, 1998 SUBJECT: User Fee Review DEPARTMENT: Finance/Budget Action Agenda Item No. /0.C.. PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/N) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Report Ken Chavious Ext. 2453 Spreadsheets - Costs and Fee Schedule Options Donna Dean Ext. 2150 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 _ Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To receive a report from staff on development related user fees. BACKGROUND: At the request of the County Commissioners, County staff undertook a review of certain user fees charged by Orange County. The specific areas of Board concern were the fees related to development, such as Planning, Inspections, Environmental Health, and Soil and Erosion. The fees have been reviewed and analyzed during the past two months by MPA interns with guidance provided by the Finance and Budget Directors. The attached information summarizes the results of this review. Staff will provide a report on the results of the review and seek direction from the Board on possible changes to the current fees. No decisions are required at this meeting. The Board also expressed an interest in reviewing any user fees that had not been analyzed within the past five years. Staff plans to bring a second user fee report, addressing fees that fall in that category, for the Board's review at their May 19 meeting. Revenue projections to be incorporated in the Manager's Recommended 1998 -99 budget will be based on Board direction at the May 19 meeting. Final decisions related to fee adjustments for 1998 -99 can be made during the Board's budget work sessions in June, as needed. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners receive the report as information and provide direction to staff on any further work to be performed regarding changes or adjustments to the fees.