Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / December 2, 2016
Fountain Valley is located in Orange County, California. With over 57,000 residents and a City budget of just under $100MM, the City has many demands. The most pressing of which was the fact that a full cost allocation plan and master fee update had not been performed for over a…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / December 2, 2016
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, “Metro Fire,” serves a population of over 727,000 in a 417 square mile service area. It is the 7th largest fire agency in the State of California and, understandably, has a diverse set of fiscal challenges to manage. The District’s fee structures, as supported by…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / December 2, 2016
The SFMTA is a large and complex agency serving a very diverse set of objectives, from running a complicated mass transit system with buses, above and below ground trains, and the famous cable cars, to taxi permits and parking tickets to ensuring “complete streets” are adopted throughout the City of…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / December 2, 2016
Seaside is a wonderful and diverse community, just across the bay from Monterey. It faced tremendous fiscal challenges over the past years and had to make drastic service and staffing cuts to remain solvent. The drastic cuts had taken a toll on the community. For many years, the City felt…
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / September 26, 2016
NBS was retained by the City of Carlsbad to provide a user fee study for fire prevention services in the City. The City’s fire prevention fees had not been comprehensively reviewed in approximately 20 years.
Case Study, Cost Allocation Plans / February 28, 2016
NBS conducted a Full Cost Allocation Plan and Comprehensive Fee Study for the Town of Ross, a wealthy enclave in Marin County, California. A study of this nature had not been performed in quite some time; a fact that was known by Town staff and council, and was regarded as…