In May 2017, the City contracted with Financial Consulting Services Group (FCS) to perform a study to determine the cost of providing developer fee-related services, compare those costs to actual fees charged, and provide recommendations for establishing cost recovery policies for future developer fees.  During the Council study session, the consultant will discuss their approach, provide preliminary results and a comparison of Auburn’s fees to other area cities, and identify key policy issues for Council consideration.

The consultant’s presentation will focus on overall program level results (i.e., building, planning, and engineering) but the analysis determined the cost recovery for each individual fixed fee.