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ORDINANCE AMENDING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING CITY FEES, AMENDING SECTIONS 2-5, 31-6, and 31-8 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Section 2-5 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-5. Special or non-routine services by city departments; fees.
(a) Any city department that furnishes special or non-routine services to any person or organization, other than services which it is required by law to perform without fee, may charge the person or organization requesting such services a fee as set by council resolution for that type of service, but not to exceed the cost of performing such services. No fee shall be charged unless the amount, regardless of how it is calculated or determined, is authorized by council resolution;
(b) Each year, on or before November 1Prior to the end of each calendar year, the clerk shall prepare and present to the council a resolution setting out recommended changes in the amount to be charged for the various city fees. Changed fees shall be calculated by changing the existing fee in the same proportion as the proportional change in the implicit price deflator for gross domestic product, government consumption expenditures and gross investment, state and local, from January 1 to December 31 of the during the 12 months prior to August 1 of the previous calendar year. The implicit price deflators for gross domestic product, government expenditures, state and local, is produced and published by the U.S. department of commerce, bureau of economic analysis, or its successor. The following are excepted from the application of the implicit price deflator:
(1) A rate increase that would amount to less than $1; or any rate increase that would administratively cost more to implement than the change in the fee. Any rate increase foregone under this subsection shall be included in subsequent years'...
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