Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 3.60 Public Safety Services

The City shall charge a fee for the provision of enumerated public safety services sufficient to recover some or all of the costs reasonably borne by the City in providing such public safety services. Public safety services provided by the City subject to a fee or charge shall be set by Resolution of the City Council and shall include only public safety services which the City Council finds are provided to small segments of the citizens of the City or to nonresidents of the City. The amount of any such fee or charge shall be set by Resolution of the City Council, and in no event shall such fee or charge exceed the costs reasonably borne by the City in providing such public safety services.

(§ 1, Ord. 1799, eff. April 20, 1989)

The costs reasonably borne by the City in providing such public safety services shall be determined by reference to the following elements:

A. All applicable direct costs including, but not limited to, wages, fringe benefits, services and supplies, operation expenses, contracted services, special supplies, and any other direct expense incurred;

B. All applicable indirect costs including, but not limited to, building maintenance and operation, equipment maintenance, communication, printing and reproduction and like indirect expenses;

C. General overhead, expressed as a percentage, distributing and charging the expenses of the City Council, City Administrator, Finance Department, City Treasurer, City Clerk, City Attorney, Police Department, Fire Department, and all other staff and support services;

D. Departmental overhead, expressed as a percentage, distributing and charging the cost of each department head and his or her supporting expenses.

(§ 1, Ord. 1799, eff. April 20, 1989)