CC RESOLUTION 4392RESOLUTION NO. 4392
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING NEW FEE AND FINE
SCHEDULES FOR THE EL SEGUNDO LIBRARY TO
RECOVER COSTS INCURRED FROM PROVIDING
VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICES.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of El Segundo as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds as follows:
A. The City Council may establish fees for services under various provisions of
California law including, without limitation, Business & Professions Code §
16000; Education Code § 18926; Government Code §§ 36936.1, 43000,
54344, 65104, 65456, 65874, 65909.5, 65943, 66013, 66014, 66451.2; and
Health & Safety Code §§ 510, 17951, 17980.1, 19852.
B. Pursuant to Government Code § 66016, the City made data available
regarding the cost, or estimated cost, of providing services for various fees
ten (10) days before the public hearing held on September 21, 2004.
C. On September 21, 2004, the City Council heard public testimony and
considered evidence in a public hearing held and noticed in accordance
with Government Code § 66016.
D. At the recommendation of the City's Departments and the City Manager,
the City Council believes that it is in the public interest to establish the
recommended fees to recover the costs of public services.
E. Pursuant to Education Code § 18960, the City Council may also impose
.fines for violations of rules and regulations at the El Segundo Library.
SECTION 2: The Fines and Fees attached as Exhibit "A" and incorporated into this
Resolution as if fully set forth, are approved and adopted.
SECTION 3: This Resolution is exempt from review under the California Environmental
Quality Act (Cal. Pub. Res. Code §§ 21000, et seq.; "CEQK) and CEQA regulations
(Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, §§ 15000, et seq.) because it establishes, modifies, structures,
restructures, and approves rates and charges for meeting operating expenses;
purchasing supplies, equipment, and materials; meeting financial requirements; and
obtaining funds for capital projects needed to maintain service within existing service
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areas. This Resolution, therefore, is categorically exempt from further CEQA review
under Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, § 15273.
SECTION 4: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption and will
remain effective unless repealed or superseded.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk will certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution;
will enter the same in the book of original Resolutions of said City; and will make a minute
of the passage and adoption thereof in the record of proceedings of the City Council of
said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21stday of September 2004.
Kelly McDowell, Me
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of the City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No.
4392 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the
Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 21st day of September 2004, and the same was so passed and
adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: McDowell, Gaines, Boulgarides, Busch, Jacobson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
Cindy Mo esen,
City Clerk
APPROVED
Mark D. He$
0
Karl H. Berger
Assistant City
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EXHIBIT A
FINES AND FEES
Public Library
Current
Proposed
Justification for
Fines and Fees Schedule
Fine or Fee
Fine or Fee
Increase
Library Card Fees:
Residents, Volunteers,
Free
same
MCLS Member Libraries
Non - Resident Fee (AnnualL
$40.00
same
Business /Corporate
$103.00
same
Annual
Lost or Duplicate Cards
$1.05
$2.00
Workflow: staff time for updating patron's
online and print records. Cost recovery:
replacement of card and patron barcode.
Sixteen of the Metropolitan Cooperative
Library System(MCLS) libraries charge
$2 or more for replacement. Est. time:
10 min.
Overdue Fines:
Books, Periodicals,
$0.15 per day
$0.20 per day
Incentive for prompt return of materials;
Audio - Visual Materials
up to cost of
up to cost of
item
item
Workflow: staff time for processing
notices, and mailing supplies.
Est. time: up to 5 minutes for each
overdue notice. Fine has not increased in
over 20 yrs. Majority of survey libraries
charge .20 /day
Reference Materials
$2.60 per day
$3.00 per day
Incentive to return costly reference items
up to cost of
up to cost of
on time. Workflow: staff time for
item
item
processing notices up to 5 minutes,
mailing supplies.
Video Recordings, DVD's,
$2.05 per day
$2.50 per day
Incentive to return high circulating items.
Computer Software, etc.
up to cost of
up to cost of
Workflow: staff time for processing
item
item
overdue notices, use of mailing supplies
and cleaning tapes /DVD.
Est. time: up to 10 min per item.
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Damaged Materials Fees:
Book Bindery Repairs
$12.55
Up to $14.00
Workflow: staff time to mend & repair
items.
Est. time: 30 min. Also, some items sent
to outside vendors to repair or rebind
Periodicals
Cost +
same
$2.00
processing
Pamphlets
Cost +
same
$1.00
processing
Paperback Books
Cost +
same
$1.00
processing
Audiocassette Cases
$1.30
same
Videocassette Cases
$3.55
same
Book on Tape Cases
$3.55
same
DVD Cases
$3.55
same
Compact Disc Cases
$1.30
same
Lost/Irreparable Materials:
Current Cost +
same
$5.15
processing
Reserves:
Workflow: staff time to search & retrieve
Books
$0.55
$1.00
items and notify patrons; Est. time: 15
min.
Inter -Libra Loan Fees:
MCLS Interlibrary Loan
Free
$1.00
Workflow: staff time to search & retrieve
Requests
requested items, create requests, and
process materials once they have been
received. Cost recovery: charges for
accessing the database, searching for
the correct materials, and creating a
request.
Estimated time: 20 minutes per
transaction.
Non -MCLS Interlibrary Loan
$1.05+
$2.00 +
Workflow: same as above except for
Requests
Return postage
Return postage
additional charges for postal processing
and delivery of non -MCLS items.
Estimated time: 20 minutes per
transaction.
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Lost Interlibrary Loan Materials
Replacement
Replacement
Workflow: staff time to invoice borrowing
Cost + $6.15
Cost + $6.50
library, order new material to replace
item, and process new item.
Est. time: 30 min.
Other Charges:
Photocopy (Vend -A -Card)
$0.15 Per
same
Copy
Microfilm /fiche Readers
$0.10 Per
same
Copy
Typewriters
$0.50/20 Min.
same
Video Rental
$1.00/3 Days
$1.50/3 Days
Of the libraries surveyed, 7 charge
$1.00 per 2 days, others charge up to
$1.50 per day. Increase in rental fee
will assist in cost recovery for
maintenance of video collection
DVD Rental
$1.0013 Days
$1.50/3 Days
Of the libraries surveyed, 9 charge
$1.00 per 2 days, others charge up to
$1.50 per day. Increase in rental fee
will assist in cost recovery for mainten-
ance of DVD's.
Internet Stations
$1.00 /Hour
same
Computer Room:
Adult Residents
$10.00 /Quarter
same
or $1.00 /Da
Adult Non - Residents
$20.00 /Quarter
same
or $3.00 /Da
ESHS Students with ID
$1 /School Year
same
Children
Free
same
Meeting Room:
Non - Profit Organizations
Free
$10.00 Per
Cost recovery: staff time for scheduling
Use
the room, preparing the room for use,
and cleanup /rearrangement of the room
for following groups. Includes use of
equipment listed below. Charges are
below the majority of libraries surveyed.
For - Profit Organizations
$20.00 Per
Hour
$30.00 Per
Hour
Cost recovery: same as above, plus
additional charges for business groups.
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Meeting After Hours
$35.00 Per N/A Removed fee. No longer a provided
Hour I service.
Kitchen /Cleaning Deposit
$25
Refundable
$30
Refundable
Incentive to keep facility clean without
Incurring additional custodial fees.
Podium
Included
same
Screen Portable
Included
same
*Equipment no longer requested.
CD /Cassette Player
Included
same
The new video projection system takes
care of most technology needs. Now
Overhead Projector
$5.00
Included*
these charges are all included in new
rental fees.
Television
Included
same
16 mm Sound /Film Projector
$5.00
Included*
Slide Projector
$5.00
Included*
Built -in Video Projection
System
$5.00
Included*
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