VALLEJO – Vallejo city leaders are considering adjusting or adding new fees for services from several heavily impacted city departments.
The Vallejo City Council held a public hearing last week to decide whether to amend the master fee schedule and revise fees charged for services performed by the fire, water and planning and development departments.
The city had hired consulting firm MGT to conduct a fee study amid mounting economic uncertainty. The firm found that at current rates, Vallejo recovers only 60% of its overall costs in these departments. To start to make more money from different services, the firm recommended fee changes or additions to bring the city to 100% cost recovery for fire and water, 62% for planning and 80% for building, recovering an estimated $1.4 million.
Its recommendation was to adjust numerous existing fees, increasing in some areas…
