Title
Ordinance - An Ordinance of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Establishing A Schedule of Fees; Incorporating the Recitals into the Body of the Ordinance; Providing a Severability Clause; Providing for the Repeal of All Ordinances in Conflict; Providing a Savings Clause; Providing for Publication; And Providing an Effective Date
Requested Action
Consider an Ordinance Establishing a Master Fee Schedule for the City.
Recommendation
Staff recommends passing of the Ordinance.
Description/History
City staff annually reviews most of the fees the City charges during the annual budget review. At this time fees, most fees are revised through the adoption of the budget however the individual fees are ultimately found in various locations on the City’s website or throughout various ordinances.
Revising the individual ordinances also takes time to reflect changes and as such some of the ordinances remain outdated with fees that are no longer valid as updated fees have since been adopted.
Justification
Adopting a Master Fee Schedule for the City provides a single location for residents, developers, and business owners to go and find most of the fees that the City charges for various services we provide. There are certain fees that still have to remain in separate ordinance via statutory law such as impact fees and parkland development and dedication fees. Aside from those, adopting this Master Fee Schedule will make it more efficient for citizens to find fees they may need to pay for City services.
The intent is to revise the Master Fee Schedule annually at the same time as the City Council reviews the budget to account for any revisions to fees necessary. As the Master Fee Schedule gets revised it will be updated on the City’s website and on file in the City Secretary’s Office.
In the upcoming Council meeting, Council will see additional ordinance amendments of various ordinance in the Code of Mansfield as housekeeping, updating various ordinance to reference the Master Fee Schedule adopted by Council, as amended from time to time, instead of individual fees within the text of the ordinance itself.
Funding Source
N/A
Prepared By
Vanessa Ramirez, Assistant City Manager