There shall be charged, in connection with public safety services, a fee or charge sufficient to recover the costs reasonably borne by the city in providing said public safety services. The amount of such fee or charge shall be set by resolution of the city council, from time-to-time, and in no event shall such fee or charge exceed the costs reasonably borne by the city in providing such public safety services.
(Ord. 10-03, 2010)
For the purposes of this chapter, certain words and phrases used herein are defined as follows:
"Costs reasonably borne"
means direct and indirect costs associated with the public safety services provided to a person or entity. Direct and indirect costs include, without limitation, salaries, wages, overtime, employee fringe benefits, supply and operational expenses, contracted services costs, building maintenance and operation costs, equipment operation, maintenance, and repair costs, communications expenses, computer costs, printing and publication costs, vehicle expenses (including mileage), insurance expenses, debt service, and other general city and departmental overhead associated with public safety services provided, including, without limitation, the expenses of the city council, city attorney, city administration, city clerk, economic development department, finance department, personnel office, police department, fire department, code enforcement, and all other city staff with respect to the public safety services for which the fee or charge is levied.
"Public safety services"
means those services provided to a person or entity after an initial call for service and are generally clerical in nature, which include, but are not limited to, report requests, lost citations, background checks, permits, citation signoffs, and vehicle VIN verification.
(Ord. 10-03, 2010)
A. 
Any person who feels that a fee or charge levied pursuant to this chapter exceeds the costs reasonably borne by the city for the public safety services provided to such person may appeal in writing to the city council. A person or entity seeking to appeal a fee or charge levied pursuant to this chapter must file a written appeal with the city council within 15 days of his/her/its receipt of a bill or invoice for public safety services.
B. 
No fee or charge for which an appeal has been filed shall be pursued by the city until the appeal is heard by the city council. The appeal shall be placed on the agenda of the next ensuing council meeting after receipt of the appeal and heard at the next ensuing council meeting. The city council shall, through the appeal process, have the authority to approve, reject, or modify the fee charged to the appealing party.
(Ord. 10-03, 2010)