HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-098 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO.2023-098
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE TOWED VEHICLE RELEASE FEE
A. Recitals.
1. The California Government Code allows the City to establish fees and charges for
services, provided such fees and charges do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost
to the City in providing the service to which the fee or charge applies.
2. Data indicating the estimated or actual cost to provide each service, for which the fees
and charges set forth herein apply, was made available to the public at least ten (10)
days prior to the date of the public hearing.
3. On August 16, 2023, City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga conducted a duly
noticed public hearing on the amendment.
4. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
B. Resolution.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga finds and resolves as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council hereby specifically finds that all of the facts set forth in the
Recitals, Part A, of this Ordinance are true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City has conducted a study of the increasing fee and analyzed costs
incurred in providing the related services, including, but not limited to, salary and benefits,
maintenance, and administrative costs.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby specifically finds that the fees and charges set forth
do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fee or
charge be levied.
SECTION 4: The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to make
an annual adjustment to the fee based on an inflationary factor, the Employment Cost
Index (ECI). The ECI will increase the fee by the percentage change in the Employment
Cost Index (ECI) for state and local government workers, total compensation (not
seasonally adjusted), during the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the
immediately preceding calendar year, as published by the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
SECTION 5: The City hereby amends the current Towed Vehicle Release Fee, effective
September 1, 2023, for the following fee for services performed by the Police Department:
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Title Description q Cost
Towed Vehicle The Towed Vehicle Release Fee is the fee paid at the time $190
Release Fee of vehicle release for vehicles that have been towed at the
order and discretion of the Rancho Cucamonga Police
Department.This fee covers the cost of staff administering
the services related to a tow.
SECTION 6: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of the Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 16th day of August, 2023.
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ATTEST:
anice C. Reynolds, City Cler
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
1, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 16th day of
August, 2023.
AYES: Hutchison, Michael, Scott
NOES: None
ABSENT: Kennedy, Stickler
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 171h day of August, 2023, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
010anice C. Reynolds, City Clerk
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