Resolution 14-114 Amending the Homer Fee Schedule Under Administrative, Animal Control, City Clerk, Library, and Port and Harbor Moorage Rates

CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

City Clerk

RESOLUTION 14-114

 

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE CITY OF HOMER FEE SCHEDULE UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, ANIMAL CONTROL FEES, CITY CLERK FEES, LIBRARY FEES, AND PORT AND HARBOR DEPARTMENT ANNUAL MOORAGE FEES.     

 

               WHEREAS, Administrative fees for electronic transmission have been reduced; and 

 

WHEREAS, Animal Control fees for dog licenses, kennel licenses, replacement fee for lost license, boarding fee, and pickup at residence have increased; and

 

               WHEREAS, City Clerk fees for use of city facilities and digital audio CDs have increased; and

 

WHEREAS, Library fees for overdue and damaged items have increased; and

 

               WHEREAS, Fees for Port and Harbor Department annual moorage fees have increased; and

 

               NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby amends the City of Homer Fee Schedule, Administrative Fees, Animal Control Fees, City Clerk Fees, Library Fees, and Port and Harbor Department Annual Moorage Fees as follows:

 

ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR THE CITY OF HOMER

 

(The following fees have been set by legislative enactments, Ordinances 05-43(A),04-53(S)(A), 03-36(A), 01‑13(S)(A); Resolutions 11-074(A), 11-036(A)(S),10-90(A), 06-24(S), 05-125(S), 05-49, 05-22, 04-98(S)(A), 04-96, 04-95, 04-94(S)(A), 03-159, 00-14, 99-116, 99-50, 95-1 and 92-10(A), Regulations Concerning Public Record Inspections dated March 2003.)

These fees are administrative fees for all departments of the City of Homer unless otherwise specified under that department. All fees are inclusive of sales tax. Unless otherwise specified: Any item mailed may have an additional fee added for actual postage. Handling fees may be added up to the actual staff time spent preparing the item for shipping.

An application for indigency may be filed with the City Manager for waiving or partially waiving the costs of fees. The City Manager may allow an applicant, who qualifies as an indigent, a reduced fee, a payment plan or a waiver of the fee where the Manager is able to make a written finding, based on information provided by the applicant, that payment of the fee would be a financial hardship. Based upon the information provided, the fee may be reduced or waived in accordance with the following scale:

Annual Income as a Percent of current Health and Human Services (HHS) Poverty Guidelines for Alaska

Percent of fee reduced

1-100%

100% Waiver

101-149%

75% Waiver

150-174%

50% Waiver

175-199%

25% Waiver

200% plus

No Waiver

 

Airport Pickup/delivery $25

Annual Safety Inspection commercial vehicles $100

Annual Taxi Permit                        $75

Appeal Fees

               Water and Sewer Appeals, under HCC 14.04 and 14.08 – shall be set by Resolution; in the event the appellant is the prevailing party the fee shall be refundable.

               Zoning Appeals – fee $250.00 subject to refund if the appellant is successful on any aspect of appeal.

Credit Cards are accepted for other than real property lease payments with a minimum of $10. 

Computer Disc (includes 1st class postage): $10/disc

               CD Reproductions: $20.00

Document copying fees:   $ .25/page

               Certification Fee:  $10/report

Driver License Records $10

Fax: w/in Alaska $1/page, Continental US $2/1st page, Subsequent pages $1/page. Other destination $5/1st page. Subsequent pages $2/page.

Electronic Transmission: $1 $ .25/page (Scanned PDF document)

 

 

Lease application fee $30

Lease fee $300

Lease Assignment Fee $250

 

Local Bidder’s Preference

 

Non-local bid is

Local bid is not more than

$0 - $500,000.00

5 percent higher than non-local bid

$0 - $1,000,000.00

5 percent higher than non-local bid on first $500,000.00 and 2.5 percent higher than non-local bid on amount in excess of $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00

No additional adjustment for bids above $1,000,000.00

 

Photograph Copying:  $10/order (includes shipping and; handling)

If done commercially – Actual Costs plus 5%

 

Production Fees -

Per requestor in a calendar month exceeds five-person hours the fee is the City employee’s actual salary plus benefit costs. An estimate will be prepared and the requestor must deposit the estimated production and copying fees in advance. If the actual costs are greater than the estimate the records will not be released until the difference is paid and if the actual costs are less the requestor will receive a refund of the difference.

No fee for simple inspection, except when the production of records by one requestor exceeds five person hours in a calendar month.

 

Special Assessment Districts (SAD’s):

 

               HARP (Homer Accelerated Roads Program) SAD’s

Assessments are:            $30 per front foot for Road Reconstruction

               $17 per front foot for Paving

               HAWSP (Homer Accelerated Water and Sewer Program) SAD’s

Assessments are:            75% of the total project cost allocated in equal shares to each participating parcel

               OTHER SAD’s if approved by the Council are at 100% property owner participation.

 

               Application Fee                               $100

               Bill Fee                                              $3.00 per bill

               Administrative Fee

                              0-500,000                                          5%

                              over 500,000                                    $25,000 plus 2.5%

 

Notary $5.00

 

Smoking prohibited in City Facilities, Vehicles and Watercraft - $25 fine

Tapes:  Audio Cassette (Police Department) $25 tape

Subsequent, $15/tape Includes 1st class postage

Video Cassette (Police Department) $30/tape

Vehicle Impound/Storage Fees (actual costs + towing) Storage, $7.50/per day

 

ANIMAL CONTROL FEES

 

235-3141        Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.

 

(The following fees have been set by legislative enactments to HCC 20.32, Resolution 01-85)

Dog License

Neutered/spayed                           $10.00 $15.00/2 years

Nonneutered/nonspayed            $50.00$75.00/2 years

Kennel license                                                $100.00$150.00/2 years

Replacement fee, lost license                    $    4.00$6.00

Rabies Voucher                                              $  12.00

Quarantine at Home                                     $  40.00

Quarantine at Shelter                                  $  40.00 plus daily boarding fee

Boarding fee (when available)                   $  12.00 $20.00 daily

Pickup at residence for owner release    $  20.00$25.00

Turn In                                                             $    5.00

Turn In for Euthanasia                                 $  15.00

Impound fees:

               Nonspayed/Nonneutered                           Spayed or Neutered

1st offense         $35.00                                 1st offense         $25.00

2nd offense        $50.00                                 2nd offense        $40.00

3rd offense         $85.00                                 3rd offense         $75.00  

4th offense or greater  $100.00   same

Live Trap:

Small trap          $  70.00 deposit, $1.00 per day. Seven (7) day rental maximum.

Large trap           $150.00 deposit, $1.00 per day. Seven (7) day rental maximum.

Deposit is forfeited if the trap is not returned in seven days. A portion of the deposit, up to the entire amount of the deposit, will be forfeited if the trap is damaged.

 

Adoption Fee                    $ 15.00

 

All impounded animals must be properly licensed and have current rabies vaccinations prior to being released. Owners of impounded animals will be charged a daily boarding fee for every full day that the animal stays in the shelter. Vaccination and license fees shall be the owner's responsibility. Animals being adopted shall be spayed or neutered, properly licensed and vaccinated. Associated fees shall be the responsibility of the adopting party.

 

The City shall charge for any additional expense incurred by the City in the actual impoundment, transportation, medical care, housing or feeding of any animal; which expenses shall be paid in full prior to the animal's release.

 

CITY CLERK

 

(The following fees have been set by legislative enactments, Resolutions 03-159, 05-125(S), 06-16 and 06-40(A).)

 

Administrative - 235-3130

Cemetery fees amended Resolution 98-28.                          

               Cemetery -          plot       $200

                             

                              Excavation

                                             adult - $500; $400 opening, $100 closing

                              infant    $375; $300 opening, $75 closing

Extraordinary conditions such as weather, heavy snow coverage, ice, frozen ground and etcetera may result in fees charged up to $200 additional at Public Works discretion.

 

City Council and Commission Meeting packet fee

 

Per Packet:

               0 – 25 pages - $5.00

               26 – 50 pages - $10.00

 

               51 – 100 pages - $20.00

               100 – 200 pages - $25.00

               200 – 500 pages - $30.00

               500+ pages - $35.00

 

Per Month, Per Council or Advisory Body:

               1 packet same fees as above.

               2 packets above fee with 10% reduction.

               3 packets above fee with 12% reduction.

               4 or more packets above fee with 15% reduction.

 

City Hall Facility Use Fee (Resolution 03-159)

               Government Agencies, generally, are exempt from fees.

               Cowles Council Chambers - Use by non-governmental agency or entity fee is $15.00 $30.00 per hour, with a minimum of two hours; maximum fee is $75.00 $150.00 per day. Use of electronic equipment is an additional $30 per day (IT personnel set-up).

               Conference Room – Use by non-governmental agency or entity is $15.00 per hour, with a minimum of two hours; maximum fee is $75.00 per day.

Cleaning Fee – if the facility is not left as found an additional fee of up to $30.00 $60.00 may be applied.

 

City Pins and Mugs (Resolution 98-28)

Logo Pins                           $1.00

Logo Mugs                         $4.00

Scene Mugs                       $8.00

 

Copies of meeting (audio) tapes $10.00/each (Reso. 03-159)

Copies of meeting (digital) CDs Digital audio CD of meetings $10.00$20.00/each

 

The following fees have been set by legislative enactments to HCC 19, 5.

 

               Gravel Permit, application fee $5 (Areas B and; C require no approval of the COE or Div. of Lands, HCC 19.12.040(c).)

 

               Fire Works Permit, HCC 5.24 $25 (apply 30 days in advance) per exhibit plus bond for $500 or liability insurance, must have.

LIBRARY FEES

 

Closed - Sundays. Open – Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tues. and Thurs. from 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

 

Facility Use                        Fees for after-hours private use (including building supervision):

                                             Conference Room $50/hour

                                             Reading Lounge $50/hour

                                             Children’s Room $50/hour

                                             Entire facility, excluding staff work space -- $300 Facility Use Fee

                                             plus $50/hour staff supervisor. $300 damage/cleaning deposit.

 

Library Cards     Replacement cards $5/issue

Limited (tTemporary) card $10 nonrefundable

Full (tTemporary) Family card $50, $40 refundable; limit of twelve items. Refunds are issued the second check run of each month via check from the City of Homer. Apply for refund through Library staff and provide forwarding address. If the refund is not claimed within six months the refund becomes a donation to the Library.

 

Overdue Items - 14 day circulation           (except digital devices)                 $0.15/day

                                                            (except digital devices)                 Maximum charge $6.00

                                                                                                                                                     

7 day and 1 day circulation -                                     $1.00/day

Digital Devices                                                               $5.00/day

Interlibrary Loans-                                                                      $1.00/day

2nd overdue notice -                                                                  $1.00/notice

 

Bill notice -                                                                                    $1.00/notice

Admin. Fee for Bills Sent to Collection Agency    $25.00

 

Maximum overdue charge per item (except digital devices)                    $6.00

 

Photo copy                                       $ .15/ea (letter size) and (legal size) per side

                                                            $.25/ea (11”x17”) per side

                                                            $1 .00/ea color copies (letter size) and (legal size) per side

                                                            $2.00/ea color copies (11”x17”) per side

 

Interlibrary loan fee                       $2 standard size books

                                                            $.15 per page for photo copy

                                                            Priority Mail $4.00 for microfilm/videos/CDS/Audios

                                                            Microfilm/videos/CDS/Audios

Additional charges may be assessed and mailing costs may exceed these amounts.

Replacement/Repair of items    

                                                            Lost or damaged items: Replacement cost plus $7.00 processing                                                                            fee per item                                                    

                                                            Lost or damaged cases, hang-up bags, etc.: Replacement cost or                                                                                                         $2.00, whichever is greater

                                                            Lost map or inserts -                     $10/item

                                                            Lost out-of print items -               $50/Alaskana

                                                                                                                        $40/nonfictionnon fiction

                                                                                                                        $35/fiction

Please Note:     To receive a refund on a lost item, patrons must return the item within sixty days of lost status. Refunds of payment for items deemed valuable to the collection and returned after the 60-day period may be made at the discretion of the Director. No refunds will be given for digital devices.

 

 

                                                            Damaged Item -                              $2.00$1.00/page

                                                                                                                        $3.00$2.50/book jacket or cover

                                                             Damaged beyond repair - Full bindery cost or full replacement cost plus $7.00 processing charge.

 

Improper Return of Digital Devices-         $25 fee if not returned to Front Desk staff            

 

Please Note:      To receive a refund on a lost item, patrons must return the item within sixty days of lost status. Refunds of payment for items deemed valuable to the collection and returned after the 60-day period may be made at the discretion of the Director. No refunds will be given for digital devices.

 

PORT AND HARBOR DEPARTMENT

 

Harbor Office - 235-3160

Fish Dock - 235-3162

 

(The following fees have been set by legislative enactments to HCC 10, Ord. 95-18(A) and Resolutions 12-037(S), 12-023, 10-89, 06-52, 06-04, 05-123, 04-96, 03-154(S), 03-104, 03-88, 00-39, 99-118(A), 99-101, 99-78(S), 99-30(A), 95-69 (Port/Harbor Tariff No. 600), Resolution 95-19, Resolution 01-84(S)(A), Resolution 02-81(A), Resolution 07-121, and Resolution 08-123)

 

All rates except load and launch ramp fees and parking fees for Ramps 1 - 4, which are inclusive of sales tax, will have sales tax applied.  The resulting figure will be rounded to the nearest half dollar for billing purposes. 

 

Administrative cost for changing boat in slip - $25.00

A $30.00 per year charge will be assessed for a listing on a permanent reserved stall assignment.

Large quantity waste oil disposal (with Harbor Master approval) - $3.25 gallon

 

PARKING FEES

Parking fees to be collected at Ramp 1, Ramp 2, Ramp 3 and Ramp 4 seasonally (Memorial Day through Labor Day). Parking fee is $5 per calendar day. Posted parking time limits will be established and enforced as per Homer city code 10.04.100.   

 

Seasonal permits for day use parking (Ramps 1-4): $250.00.

Long Term parking permits required for Vehicles 20’ or less parked in excess of seven (7) consecutive 24-hour days.

 

Long Term Parking annual permit (January 1st through December 31st):  fee $200.00.

 

Long Term Parking annual permit fee for vessel owners paying annual moorage in the Homer Harbor: fee $100.00.

 

Vehicles over 20’ and trailers are not eligible for long term parking permits.

 

Monthly parking permit for vehicles less than 20’: fee $70.00 for 30 consecutive days.

 

Monthly parking permit for vehicles over 20’: fee $85.00 for 30 consecutive days in a portion of Lot 9 only.

 

Long term parking will be enforced year around.

Parking lot restrictions for long term parking, May 1 through October 1, as depicted on attached map (Attachment A).

Existing code definitions for restricted parking, vehicles, junk vehicles, and fines for violations apply.

Fines, $25.00 per calendar day, limited to $250.00 fine per calendar year, with $200.00 of the fine credited towards the long term parking annual permit.

 

Annual Moorage fee - $40.50 $41.70 per lineal foot, plus $50.00 administrative charge.

Reserved Stall - length of the float stall assigned, or overall length of vessel whichever is greater, plus $50.00 administrative charge.

 

Float Plane Fee - daily moorage rate of (2) 24' vessels shall be assessed on a daily basis for float planes or a monthly rate equal to the monthly rate for (2) 24' vessels. Dockage charges will be assessed based on lineal foot per calendar day or portion thereof as follows:

0' to 100'      

$338.00

451' to 475'

$1,604.00

651' to 675'

$3,917.00

101' to 200'

$506.00

476' to 500'

$1,762.00

676' to 700'

$4,420.00

201' to 300'

$788.00

501' to 525'

$1,996.00

701' to 725'

$5,119.00

301' to 350'

$1,005.00

526' to 550'

$2,154.00

726' to 750'

$5,858.00

351' to 375'

$1,098.00

551' to 575'

$2,334.00

751' to 775'

$6,644.00

376' to 400' 

$1,206.00

576' to 600'

$2,582.00

776' to 800'

$7,459.00

401' to 425'

$1,337.00

601' to 625'

$2,957.00

 

 

426' to 450'

$1,490.00

626' to 650'

$3,443.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A service charge of $52 will be assessed to each vessel.

 

These charges are applicable to the “outer face” and “trestle berth” of Deep Water Dock and to all berthing locations on Pioneer Dock. The “inside berth” (berth No.2) of Deep Water Dock will have a 4-hour minimum dockage charge of 1/6 the daily rate, and a half day (up to 12 hours) docking charge of ½ the daily rate, with no service charge applicable.

 

            PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of Homer, Alaska, this ____ day of December, 2014.

 

                                                                        CITY OF HOMER

 

                                                                                          ____________________

                                                                                          MARY E. WYTHE, MAYOR

ATTEST:

___________________________

JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK

 

Fiscal Note: Revenue amounts not defined in CY2015 budget.