§ 12.56.070. Administrative charge and hourly rates—Annual adjustment procedure.

A.

Beginning with the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the hourly rate for emergency response cost recovery contained in Section 12.56.020 shall be determined annually by dividing the annualized cost to the forester and fire warden to administer and implement the emergency response program by the personnel hours for emergency responses; where the annualized cost is defined as the salaries, employee benefits and overhead for personnel assigned to the emergency response program calculated from rates contained in the forester and fire warden's rate package, as approved by the auditor-controller; and where personnel hours is determined by multiplying productive work hours as defined by the auditor-controller by the number of personnel assigned to the emergency response program that normally respond to emergency incidents.

B.

Beginning with the 2000-2001 fiscal year, the administrative charge contained in Section 12.56.020 shall be adjusted annually by the following procedure:

The annual adjustment shall be the result of computing the average personnel time involved to conduct dispatch, file maintenance, and standard report writing in connection with an emergency response and multiplying this average time by the hourly rate, as determined in Section 12.56.070 A, calculated from rates contained in the forester and fire warden's rate package, as approved by the auditor-controller.

(Ord. 2000-0030 § 2, 2000: Ord. 96-0062 § 3 (part), 1996.)