§ 36-51. Periodic adjustment to sheriff fees.

From time to time, the Sheriff may submit documentation substantiating that there has been an increase in the cost of providing services and requesting an increase in the fees specified in Butte County Code Section 36-50 authorized and levied pursuant to the provision of this article. The board of supervisors may increase these fees in an amount proportional to the increase in such costs. The determination of whether there has been an increase in the cost of providing services and the amount of the increase in the fees shall be made by the Board of Supervisors based on one (1) of the following, as applicable:

(1)

The net percentage increase in the Employment Cost Index (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Total Compensation, State and Local Government, Index Number, All Workers-Series ID = ECU10003I), as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics between the date of such increase and the effective date of this section or any prior increase in the fee made pursuant to the provisions of this section.

The formula for adjusting the fee is: (New index amount/amount of index at time of existing fee) x existing fee = new fee; or

(2)

When the fee being charged is established and mandated by another jurisdiction, such as the state or federal government, the amount collected by the county will be adjusted to reflect the adjustments made to the fee by the other jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 3940, § 29, 10-10-06)