TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ryan J. Alsop, Chief Executive Officer
REPORT BY: Jasmine Elo, Management Analyst
SUBJECT: Changes to Fees Charged by the Napa County Airport and Planning, Building and Environmental Services - Environmental Health Division
RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct a public hearing and adopt resolutions changing certain fees for the Napa County Airport and the Environmental Health Division of Planning, Building and Environmental Services. (Fiscal Impact: $960,445 Revenue; $944,631 General Fund $15,814 Airport; Not Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH:
State Law allows government agencies to recover the cost of providing services by charging fees to those receiving the services. Napa County establishes fees for services and periodically updates those fees. The most recent comprehensive update was approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on November 5, 2024, with Resolution 2024-119. The changes to County fees were based on a User Fee Study (2024 Study) conducted by MGT Consulting Group (MGT) using FY2023-24 salary and benefit costs. The 2024 Study describes MGT's calculation methodology and data used to revise fees for several County departments and divisions. The County's Public Services Employees' (PSE) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was adopted near the conclusion of the study's calculation and the 4% cost-of-living adjustment was incorporated.
MGT recently prepared an addendum (2025 Addendum) to the 2024 Study which recommends changes to fees for departments and divisions not included in the 2024 Study, as well as revisions to fees for some of the departments and divisions that were included in the 2024 Study. Most of the recommended fees from the 2025 Addendum were adopted by the Board by resolution or ordinance on May 6, 2025. However, fees relating to the Environmental Health division of PBES were not yet ready for adoption at that time.
The Environmental Health Division requested revisions to the rec...
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