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Department: Budget & Performance Management
Director: Karen Rhodes-Whitley, Director of Budget & Research
Agenda Item: Approval of an Ordinance to Set Master Fee Schedule and Cost Recovery Fee Adjustments
Recommended Action: Adoption of Ordinances
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Item Summary
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To repeal prior fee ordinances; consolidating other city fees into a fee schedule; adopting the Master Fee Schedule; updating fees for Fire Rescue, Planning, Parks and Recreation and Environmental Health and Sustainability; adopting general regulations regarding city fees; and providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a penalty clause, a publication clause, and an effective date.
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Previous Action/Presentation
In March 2025, City Council approved the City of Plano’s new Cost Recovery Policy established to ensure the appropriate level of costs associated with the provision of facilities, programs, and services are recouped. The Policy, alongside approved cost recovery targets established by City Council, provide staff with consistent guidelines for determining the price of programs and services. At the Budget Work Session on August 13, 2026, City Council discussed cost recovery targets for the Parks and Recreation Department and Environmental Health and Sustainability department which were incorporated into the FY 2026-27 operating budget. The resulting fee changes are detailed in the attachment.
Background
This ordinance contains two major actions: (1) the consolidation of fees from multiple ordinances into the Master Fee Schedule and adding a new section to the City Code of Ordinances, and (2) fee adjustments for Fire Rescue, Planning, Parks and Recreation, and Environmental Health and Sustainability departments, including new fees in Environmental Health and Sustainability. This ordinance and fee schedule will be effective January 1, 2027.
Ordinance & Exhibit A: Consolidation of Fees into a Master Fee Schedule
Fees administered by the City’s depa...
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