§ 12.64.070. Fee schedule—Annual adjustment procedure.

The schedule of fees contained in Sections 12.64.040 through 12.64.060 inclusive shall be adjusted annually by the following procedure:

The annual adjustment shall be the result of computing the change in the annualized cost to the administering agency for administering the program, where "annualized cost" is defined as the program cost which includes applicable salary, employee benefits and overhead calculated from rates contained in the administering agency's rate package, as approved by the auditor-controller. Program Cost = Agency Personnel Salaries + Employee Benefits + Overhead

The program cost is annually reallocated among handlers based upon:

A.

Disclosure Unit. The number of handlers in each fee group and time involved in processing the required documents in each group;

B.

RMP Unit. Total county risk units and each handler's risk units involved in calculating the risk unit rate, the average personnel time involved in conducting RMP preparations, and the personnel hourly rates determined in accordance with Section 12.64.050.

Where:

Disclosure unit is the unit assigned to administer the hazardous materials disclosure program (Section 12.64.040) and RMP unit is the unit assigned to administer the RS registration and risk management programs (Section 12.64.050).

(Ord. 98-0049 § 9, 1998: Ord. 96-0062 § 5 (part), 1996.)