TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: An Ordinance of the City of North Port, Florida, Amending the Code of the City of North Port, Florida, Appendix A - City Fee Schedule; Amending City-Wide Fees; Utilities Fees; Providing for Findings; Providing for Conflicts; Providing for Severability; Providing for Codification; and Providing an Effective Date.
Recommended Action
Option 1: Continue Ordinance 2025-30 to second reading on October 14, 2025, as presented.
City Commission Options
Option 1: Continue Ordinance 2025-30 to second reading on October 14, 2025, as presented.
* Pros: Provides the Utilities Department the ability to recover the costs of providing utility services.
* Cons: The Utilities Department miscellaneous fees will be increased for certain services, which will impact utility customers for the identified services recommended to increase.
Option 2: Only retain some of the fees included in Ordinance No. 2025-30 and continue Ordinance 2025-30 to second reading on October 14, 2025, to include the changes made by the Commission during the first reading.
* Pros: The impact will be lessened to utility specific miscellaneous fees if only certain ones are adopted.
* Cons: Only the chosen adopted miscellaneous fees will recover the costs of providing the services, which will ultimately require subsidization by other fees and charges or a downgrade in level of service.
Option 3: Do not continue Ordinance No. 2025-30 to second reading on October 14, 2025, and keep the miscellaneous fees the same.
* Pros: There will be no financial changes to the miscellaneous fees, therefore, no financial impact to utility customers.
* Cons: The Utilities Department will not be able to recover the cost of providing the services, which will ultimately require subsidization by other fees and charges or a downgrade in level of service.
Background Information
The Utilities Department bu...
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