Primary Department: Management and Budget
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos
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Type of Request: Policy
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for discussion and approval of a countywide fee update policy that would ensure fees charged by the county are reviewed and updated on a regular basis.
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Background and Discussion:
Some fees charged by County departments are set by state statute while other fee amounts are discretionary and set by Commissioners Court. There is no countywide policy specifying the timing or frequency for reviewing and updating these discretionary fees. Many of the County's fees were recently updated while others haven't been revised for many years.
OMB is requesting approval of a fee update policy intended to provide more visibility into the fees charged by the County and to promote regular updates to ensure fee amounts stay up to date and support cost recovery objectives.
Expected Impact:
The proposed policy calls for an online fees portal that will help county staff and citizens more easily locate County fee amounts and improve transparency. Fees are expected to be increased more frequently, resulting in additional revenue to the County. Because many of the County's highest revenue-generating fees have been updated recently, however, this policy is not expected to result in large near-term revenue increases for the County or large cost increases for most users of County services. Specific in...
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