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Adopt a Resolution to approve the Amendment of Article XIII of the Master Fee Resolution, effective January 1, 2018, to set and authorize the adjusted fees contained in the attachment hereto for the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder's Office.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve the Amendment of Article XIII of the Master Fee Resolution, effective January 1, 2018, to set and authorize the adjusted fees contained in the attachment hereto for the Assessor-Clerk-Recorder's Office.
SUMMARY:
Section 1.40.010 of Chapter 1.40 of the Monterey County Code provides that all fees, penalties, refunds, reimbursements and charges of any kind by the County may be specified in the Monterey County Fee Resolution.
Government Code Section 54985 (a) and Revenue and Taxation Code sections 408-409 allow for the local collection of fees for Assessment Services providing that the amounts are reasonably necessary to recover and do not exceed the cost of providing said services. The Assessor's Office is requesting that the fees for these services be adjusted to recover part of the costs of providing these services from the recipients of the services and to more closely reflect the market rate for these services.
The Assessor's Office has conducted a Fee Schedule Study to determine a fully loaded Cost Per Minute Rate for the positions directly responsible for performing Assessment Services. Transactions including Property Characteristic Requests, Splits and Combinations, Lot Line Adjustments and the creation of Tax Clearance Estimate Letters were broken into tasks and subtasks with time estimates provided and evaluated to generate a sum total of time spent on an average transaction. This information was then used to established the fees set forth in the recommended action.
Research was also conducted to compare the Fee Schedules of 11 other California counties in order to ensure comparable parity with the fees proposed by herein, while not exceed...
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