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Services designed to control activities which could be harmful to others. This includes fire inspection fees, many types of police permits, building inspections, etc. In these cases, the individual has probably done nothing wrong, but is engaged in an activity which could be harmful to others if conducted incorrectly. These fees should be set at full cost recovery. Full cost recovery includes direct labor costs (salary and benefits), allocated cost of supervision, pro- ram departmental management costs, Citywide overhead allocation, and physical facility or equipment hourly costs. This does not include criminal activities for which there are other penalties. Services clearly reo_uired by the payee which the City_ would not otherwise be reouired to _perform. These include most of category 3 above as well as most Planning, Engineering, and Building department activities which are focused on a single transaction or incident. Not included in this category are Police activities with criminal penalties. This would include copying costs when the natur~ of the transaction fits this description. Ail accidents resulting in harm to City property would fall into this category. Services which are su_ _o!x)rtive of general City service policies, but requir~ out-~f-. tx)cket exoenses bv the City for the benefit of the _nartici!)atin_~ individuals, Many recreation activities would fall into this category. It is the general policy of the City for th~ activities to pay for their out-of-pocket costs, including any City overtime involved, but not to be charged for the otherwise allocable overhead costs, indirect supervision time, or a pro-rata share of the facility being used. If the activity(les) being off.'ed preclude (or collectively preclude) the facility being available for general purpose use (such as swim classes vs. general 'open pool' hours), a pro-rata share of facility costs may be assigned with consent of the Council. This category would also include copying costs in support of such programs. Normal City services su__oporting all inhabitants. TI~ City p~rforms a host of functions, from strut maintenance to fire fighting to law enforcement as pan of its services to all persons and property within the City limits. These general servi~ are funded through a variety of taxing mechanisms and should not be funded by a fee for service. The key test for this ~ of servic~ is that it is applied to all persons and property equally, not to a r~tricted subset of the population, lh'ogtams which ar~ specifically tax or grant funded for a specific subset of the population (such as senior citizens) are also included in this category. Exhibit I summarizes these categories and the fee rules associated with each. City of Pl~aaanton Fe~ Policy May 1992 rl61HX3