Submitted By
Julia Scott-Valdez: Assistant Village Manager Human Resource Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
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An Ordinance Amending Chapter 30 ("Special Events"), Article 1 ("General Regulations") of the Oak Park Village Code to Credit Certain Previously Paid Fees and Amend Fees to be Charged in the Future
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Overview
Overview
On December 11, 2017, the Village Board held a first reading of an ordinance to amend special event fees and at that time voted to waive second reading and adopt the ordinance as presented. Following staff implementation of the ordinance thru the course of 2018, Trustees have asked for several updates. While it was planned to present this to the Finance Committee of the Village Board for review, scheduling conflicts have delayed that and subsequently, Trustees requested the recommendations come directly to the full Village Board.
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Staff Recommendation
Adopt the Ordinance.
Fiscal Impact
Attached is a spreadsheet tracking FY2018 Special Event related expenditures through September 7, 2018 and it identifies application fees paid, deposits paid, and expenses unpaid.
Specifically in regards to parking fees, the fiscal impact of reversing the fees for parking and right of way will result in a loss of revenue of $15,480 for event applications on file through September 8, 2018. The revenue loss is split roughly 50 percent to the General Fund and 50 percent to the Parking Fund.
Background
As part of the FY2018 budget process and the Village Board's direction to identify up to $2 million in cuts from the General Fund, the Village Manager presented a combination of expenditure reductions of $1.8 (inclusive of approximately $500,000 in employee salary/benefit cuts) and along with revenue increases of $200,000. In order to realize the revenue increases, the Village Board approved ordinance amendments to increase fees related to special events, vehicle impounds and vehicle booting.
The ordinance provided for staf...
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