HomeMy WebLinkAbout2653RESOLUTION #2653
A RESOLUTION regarding establishment of administrative fees for garbage
and weed abatements within the Bremerton Municipal Code
WHEREAS, Community Development fees are established by resolution by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted by Ordinances #4626 and #4627 the ability for the City to
recover indirect fees incurred during the abatement process; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Community Development estimates that the average abatement project
which is initiated and completed by the City requires twenty (20) hours of staff time in addition to direct
physical construction/destruction costs; and that the estimated total staff costs (exclusive &office overhead)
are: $575.00; and
WHEREAS, the City believes that a 100% level of cost recovery is essential so that general fund funds
are not used to absorb costs caused by people who violate city ordinances; and
WHEREAS, these abatement fees will only be assessed after property owners have failed to comply
with an abatement order;
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Bremerton that the following fees for garbage and weed
abatement actions will be assessed:
1. $575.00 and direct services and supply costs.
AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that this fee shall be adjusted annually for the previous year's costs of
living index unless otherwise adjusted by the City Council.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Bremerton this 24th day of June, 1998.
DAVID FARR
Council President