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MODIFICATIONS TOEXISTING FEES <br />Modifications to existingfees are fee rate adjustments to the Miscellaneous Fees Schedule. <br />FINANCE & MANAGEMENT SERVICES <br />1)Credit Card Processing Fee (fee waived by Council through June 2013) <br />Existing Fee (waived):Per transaction$3.60 <br />Proposed Fee:Extend waiver through June, 2014 <br />Payment processing fee on credit card and ACH payments has historically offset <br />merchant service processing cost. The Treasury Division has been making payment <br />of services available through on-line options. Application of credit card/ACH <br />payment processing costs has drawn the public to City Hall to make routine <br />payment(s). The need to shift walk-in payment to alternative payment methods has <br />been needed due to reduced City Hall hours and staffing. For this reason, staff <br />recommended and Council approved the waiver of the payment processing fee <br />effective March, 2012. Statistics have been gathered to since the waiver was <br />granted, with positive results.Staff recommends the extension of the credit card <br />processing fee waiver through June, 2014. <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY <br />2)Enterprise Zone Hiring Tax Credit <br />Existing Fee:Proposed Fee: <br />Application Processing FeePer application $100.00$120.00 <br />Retro-voucher Processing FeePer application $ 20.00$ 40.00 <br />Qualified businesses within the designated State Enterprise Zone in the City may <br />apply for Hiring Tax Credit vouchers for qualified employees hired within the zone. <br />Each voucher issued has the potential of generating over $37,000 in CA Tax Credits <br />for the employer. The application fee includes a $15.00 processing fee assessed by <br />the State Department of Housing and Community Development. A retro-voucher is <br />any application that is 12 months past the employee hire date, and requires additional <br />verification. The fee increase is to try to achieve full cost-recovery for the <br />anticipated increases in the cost of staffing, operations, and marketing of the <br />program, as agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding with the State. <br />98 <br /> <br />