Council Report - Admin Updates

Fees and Charges Report 
Date: 
March 5, 2026 
To: 
Audit, Finance, and Enterprise Committee 
Through: 
Michael Kennington, Deputy City Manager, Chief Financial Officer 
From: 
Brian A. Ritschel, Office of Management & Budget Director 
Subject: 
Citywide Administrative Updates to Schedule of Fees and Charges 
Purpose and Recommendation 
The Office of Management & Budget recommends administrative updates to various departmental 
Fee & Charges schedules, including renaming a fee and moving fees between departments.  
Background 
The Office of Management & Budget gathers information from all departments on desired 
updates to Fees & Charges Schedules on an annual basis. Departments recommend these 
updates in their own report. There are several clean-up items/adjustments that need to be made 
that the department would like to present as a whole for review. 
Discussion 
Departments that have minor updates to fee schedules, with no fiscal impact, include: 
•
Community Services – Animal Control Division (Exhibit A)
Copy the associated Animal Control fees from the Police Fee Schedule to the newly
created Community Services Fee Schedule. Animal Control previously fell under Police,
so its fees were listed in the Police Fee Schedule. It now operates under Community
Services and provides services separate from Police.
•
Business Services – Revenue Collection Operations (Exhibit B)
Move all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments from the Police Fee Schedule to the
Business Services Fee Schedule, as Business Services has administered and charged
these fees for nearly a decade.
•
Mesa Fire & Medical (Exhibit C)
Update the reference of ‘MVA’ to ‘911 Recording’ in ‘Fire Investigations, MVA, etc.’
under Photos/CD. Mesa Fire & Medical (MFMD) has never charged for MVA photos on
CDs, and this correction is necessary to accurately reflect the documents MFMD
provides.
•
Mesa Police Department (Exhibit D)
Rename the Police Fee Schedule title, delete fee, and move fees under the appropriate
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departments. 
o Rename the schedule from ‘Police, City Prosecutor’s Office & Animal Control 
Division’ to just ‘Police’. 
o Remove the Video Medium fee from the Police Fee Schedule. The 2024 addition 
of the Police Video Recordings fee makes the existing Video Medium fee 
obsolete.   
o Remove the Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments from the Police Fee Schedule 
and relocate to the Business Services Fee Schedule. 
 
Alternatives 
Taking no action will result in no fiscal impact, as the departments have been operating in this 
capacity. 
 
Fiscal Impact 
There is no fiscal impact to make these administrative updates and corrections to the applicable 
schedules. 
 
Coordinated With 
This report was coordinated with the Business Services, Community Services, Mesa Fire & 
Medical, and Mesa Police Department.  
 
 
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Fees & Charges Schedule – Key 
 
 
 
 
 
Heading Configuration 
Schedule of Fees & 
Charges  
Department 
Contact Information 
HEADING 1 
HEADING 2 
Heading 3 
Description of Fee 
   Description of Fee 2 
 
 
 
Font Indications 
Font  
Font Indications 
Regular Font 
Existing fee or language 
Strikethrough  
Fee or language will be deleted 
from the Fee Schedule 
BOLD CAPS 
Language is being added to Fee 
Schedule 
Bold 
New or increased Fee Amount  
 
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Schedule of Fees & Charges 
Exhibit A – Animal Control Division 
Department: Community Services 
Description of Service 
Current Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
ANIMAL CONTROL 
Add new header 
ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT 
(UPON RECEIPT OF REQUEST, 
NO REFUND) 
$5.00 
$0.20 
FIRST 50 
PAGES 
EACH ADDT’L 
PAGE 
$0 Copy from Police Department to 
Community Services Department 
Renaming Description of Service 
MISCELLANEOUS PAPER 
DOCUMENTS OTHER THAN 
ANIMAL CONTROL REPORT 
(UPON RECEIPT OF REQUEST, 
NO REFUND) 
$0.20 
PER PAGE 
$0 Copy from Police Department to 
Community Services Department 
Renaming Description of Service 
PHOTO (UPON RECEIPT OF 
REQUEST, NO REFUND) 
$10.00 
EACH 
$0 Copy from Police Department to 
Community Services Department 
Renaming and adding new verbiage 
AUDIO MEDIUM (UPON RECEIPT 
OF REQUEST, NO REFUND) 
$10.00 
EACH 
$0 Copy from Police Department to 
Community Services Department 
VIDEO MEDIUM (EXCLUDES 
ANIMAL CONTROL VIDEO 
RECORDINGS)  
(UPON RECEIPT OF REQUEST, 
NO REFUND) 
$25.00 
EACH 
$0 Copy from Police Department to 
Community Services Department 
Renaming Description of Service 
ANIMAL CONTROL VIDEO 
RECORDINGS (UPON RECEIPT 
OF REQUEST, NO REFUND) 
$46.00 
PER HOUR OF 
VIDEO 
REVIEWED, 
PRORATED BY 
THE MINUTE 
$0 Copy from Police Department to 
Community Services Department 
Renaming Description of Service 
   Estimated Total Annual Fiscal Impact: 
$0 
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Schedule of Fees & Charges 
 Exhibit B – Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
Department: Business Services – Revenue Collection Operations 
Description of Service 
Current Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
ALARM FINES, FEES AND 
ASSESSMENTS: 
 
 
 Heading. 
Alarm Permit: 
 
 
 Subheading. 
BURGLARY FUNCTION 
$10.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
PANIC/HOLDUP FUNCTION 
$10.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
BURGLARY FUNCTION AND 
PANIC/HOLDUP FUNCTION 
$20.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
REVOKED PERMIT 
REINSTATEMENT FEES 
$25.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
OPERATING AN ALARM 
SYSTEM WITHOUT A PERMIT 
$100.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
False Alarm Assessments – 
Burglary: 
 
 
 
 
Subheading 
1ST FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
$50.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
2ND FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
$100.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
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Description of Service 
Current Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
3RD FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
$150.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
4TH FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
$200.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
5TH FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
$250.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
6TH FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
$300.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
7TH FALSE BURGLARY ALARM 
AND EACH SUBSEQUENT 
FALSE ALARM 
$400.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
False Alarm Assessments ‐ Panic 
and/or Hold‐Up: 
 
 
 
 
Subheading 
1ST FALSE PANIC AND/OR 
HOLD‐UP ALARM 
$0.00 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
2ND FALSE PANIC AND/OR 
HOLD‐UP ALARM 
$100.00 
 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
3RD FALSE PANIC AND/OR 
HOLD‐UP ALARM 
$200.00 
 
EACH 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to the Business 
Services Fee Schedule & add Unit. 
Estimated Total Annual Fiscal Impact: 
$0 
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Schedule of Fees & Charges 
 Exhibit C – Fire Investigations 
Department: Mesa Fire & Medical 
Description of Service 
Current 
Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
Photos/CD 
 
 
Heading 
Fire Investigations, MVA 911 
RECORDINGS, etc. 
$5.00  
Per CD 
$0  Update the reference of MVA to 
911 Recordings, in the fee Fire 
Investigations, MVA, etc.  
Estimated Total Annual Fiscal Impact: 
$0 
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Schedule of Fees & Charges 
 Exhibit D – Police 
Department: Police Department 
Description of Service 
Current Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
Police, City Prosecutor’s Office & 
Animal Control Division 
 
 
 Rename the schedule from 
‘Police, City Prosecutor’s Office & 
Animal Control Division’ to just 
‘Police’. 
Video Medium 
(excludes Police video recordings) 
Upon receipt of request, no refund 
$25.00   
Each 
$0 Remove (replaced by Police Video 
Recordings). 
ALARM FINES, FEES AND 
ASSESSMENTS: 
 
 
 Heading - Moved all Alarm Fines, 
Fees, and Assessments from the 
Police Fee Schedule to the 
Business Services Fee Schedule. 
Alarm Permit: 
 
 
 Subheading - Moved all Alarm 
Fines, Fees, and Assessments 
from the Police Fee Schedule to 
the Business Services Fee 
Schedule. 
Burglary Function 
$10.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
Panic/holdup Function 
$10.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
Burglary Function And Panic/Holdup 
Function 
$20.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
Revoked Permit Reinstatement 
Fees 
$25.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
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Description of Service 
Current Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
Operating an Alarm System without 
a Permit 
$100.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
False Alarm Assessments – 
Burglary: 
 
 
 Heading - Moved all Alarm Fines, 
Fees, and Assessments from the 
Police Fee Schedule to the 
Business Services Fee Schedule. 
1st False Burglary Alarm 
$50.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
2nd false Burglary Alarm 
$100.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
3rd False Burglary Alarm 
$150.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
4th False Burglary Alarm 
$200.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
5th False Burglary Alarm 
$250.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
6th False Burglary Alarm 
$300.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
7th False Burglary Alarm and Each 
Subsequent False Alarm 
$400.00  
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
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Description of Service 
Current Fee 
Range 
Proposed 
Fee Range 
Unit 
Total Fiscal 
Impact 
Notes 
False Alarm Assessments ‐ Panic 
And/Or Hold‐Up: 
 
 
 Heading - Moved all Alarm Fines, 
Fees, and Assessments from the 
Police Fee Schedule to the 
Business Services Fee Schedule. 
1st False Panic and/or Hold‐Up 
Alarm 
$0.00 
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
2nd False Panic and/or Hold‐Up 
Alarm 
$100.00 
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
3rd false panic and/or hold‐up alarm 
$200.00 
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
2nd false panic and/or hold‐up alarm 
$100.00 
Each 
$0  Moved all Alarm Fines, Fees, and 
Assessments from the Police Fee 
Schedule to the Business Services 
Fee Schedule. 
Estimated Total Annual Fiscal Impact: 
$0 
 
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