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14 <br /> Slide #13 <br /> Fee Study Review — Inspections <br /> Staff Recommendations <br /> Demand in FY 2025 was low, but management held positions vacant to reduce expenditures. Department <br /> expressed strain to personnel to meet all deadlines. <br /> Going forward, department will need to set a target recovery level based on the expectation of a <br /> historically average year of demand and set staffing levels sufficient to meet state deadlines. <br /> Budget Office conducting peer review of budgeted recovery levels of peer departments, first review <br /> shows department's FY 26 budgeted recovery was within peer standards but need to do deeper review to <br /> ensure apples-to-apples comparison. Some larger peers, Buncombe and Durham CitylCounty have <br /> achieved 100% cost recovery or greater.Town of Chapel Hill has the worst recovery rate. <br /> Planning office staff have identified that the schedule is overly complicated for users to navigate and will <br /> propose a new fee framework for the board to approve at a future board meeting. <br /> Staff recommends increasing fees for large residential, commercial, and non-essential features(i.e. <br /> pools) but continue to subsidize small residential to maintain county strategic priorities. <br /> Request Board input on weighing different factors, Manager will set policy recovery target in Budget <br /> based on board deliberation. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 13 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Vice-Chair Fowler said she thought the county should get closer to full recovery of costs, <br /> given the county's budget constraints. <br /> Commissioner Carter agreed with Vice-Chair Fowler. <br /> The rest of the commissioners indicated their agreement by nodding their heads. <br /> Slide #14 <br /> Fee Study Review — DEAPR Recreation <br /> Fee Recovery% Net Cost . County <br /> 32% $879,676 <br /> Fee Services Provided: <br /> Recreation Division provides classes,athletic leagues for children and adults, as well as summer camps, preschool and <br /> afterschool. while there are no restrictions on who can apply to utilize DEAPR services,the location of services are most <br /> convenient to residents in Hillsborough and the unincorporated parts of the county. <br /> Fee Recovery By Category: <br /> Fee Activity Fee Recovery % Net Cost to County <br /> Youth Athletics 46% $150,356 <br /> Adult Athletics 10% $185,536 <br /> Recreation—Classes 15% $113,649 <br /> Summer Camps 47% $186,663 <br /> Afterschool 33% $102,358 <br /> Preschool 39% $72,732 <br /> Alcohol Permits 12% $1,062 -Y <br /> 14 NORTH CAROLINA <br />