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year for which a fee should be charged. It should then report to the Finance Director by December 31 of each year as to the changing costs of providing services and/or the proposed new fees and the basis for each. It is not necessary for the department to report to the Finance Director on fees for which the only changes are basic inflationary changes. This directive is not intended to preclude depaxtments bringing forth recommended adjustments at other times if State law or other circumstances make mid-year changes appropriate. 2. Finance Director annual report to Manager/Council, The Finance Director shall review the proposed fee changes and/or additions or deletions suggested by each department and report to the Manager and CouncA as part of the annual budget cycle on proposed changes. At this time, the Finance Director shall propose across the board adjustments to fees for City salary increases and other inflatie--_ry impacts. 3. Periodic review of 0vCrh~d cost 'cati0n~, Every five years the Finance Dire,. :ar shall analyze or cause to be analyzed the overhead and departmental management costs allocated to each fee. 4. Annual master fee schedule adjustment. To facilitate annual adjustment, the City shall annually adopt a new master fee s6hedule. The City Attorney shall propose any new fee ordinances in a manner consistent with this intent, and revise any ordinances existing requiring such adjustment so that the amount of the fees can be changed with a single new resolution each year. DAMAGE REIMBURSEMF~NT 1. Overall basis for chanzes. The City will charge the person who has damaged, destroyed, or taken City property for the cost to the City to process the incident and to replace that item or items with a comparable new item which conforms to current City policies for the purpose the item serves, or to repair the item to a state comparable to its state at the time of the incident. Where the item damaged, destroyed, etc. was a vehicle, the City charges will not exceed the cost to replace the vehicle with a comparable vehicle of similar capabilities and use, plus its processing costs. All costs incurred by the City shall be included in the time and materials charged to the perpetrator, including time to determine the nature and extent of the problem, time to determine the most effective way to restore the previous situation, time to handle the parties involved, court costs and time if needed, staff report preparation time, and the reasonable costs allocated to these direct expenses to cover their pro-rata share of direct supervision, management, support facilities, equipment used in the repair, the general City overhead. City of Pleazanton Fee Policy Page 4 May 1992