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Fiscal Year 2026-27 Rates and Fees - Receive, review, and discuss proposed new fees, increases, and adjustments to the City's Rates and Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-27.
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Agenda Date: 06/01/2026
Prepared by: Jana Ferguson 559-713-4429, jana.ferguson@visalia.gov; Renee Nagel 559-713-4375, renee.nagel@visalia.gov
Department Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council receive, review, and discuss the proposed new fees, increases, and adjustments to the City's Rates and Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-27.
Summary:
Each year, the City reviews its fees to ensure they reflect changes in the cost of living for the upcoming fiscal year. Impact Fees and Business Taxes are automatically adjusted annually based on specific Consumer Price Indices (CPI) established in City ordinances. These inflation-based adjustments help City departments keep pace with rising costs while reducing reliance on the General Fund, allowing those resources to be directed toward essential services such as public safety.
The City holds two meetings to review the Rates & Fees for Fiscal Year 2026-27. The first meeting, on June 1, 2026, focuses on receiving, reviewing, and discussing the proposed changes to the fee schedule. The second meeting, on June 15, 2026, includes a Public Hearing and adoption of the City's Rates & Fees Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-27.
If approved, fees will take effect on July 1, 2026. Impact Fees will become effective on August 14, 2026, to comply with the required 60-day notice period.
Background Discussion:
Fee increases are based on established indices. The City uses the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CCPI-U) as the basis for most fee adjustments. Impact Fees are required by City ordinance to use a building industry index, specifically the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index (ENRCCI).
Similarly, City ordinance dictates that Business Tax Fees be adjusted using the Consume...
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