ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT

October 24, 1997

CKing/6276

CC File: 1755

TO: Standing Committee on City Services and Budgets

FROM: Director of Finance and Director of Permits & Licenses

SUBJECT: 1998 Fees for Vehicles for Hire

RECOMMENDATION

A.THAT license fees for Vehicles for Hire, contained in Schedule "A" of By-law No. 6066, be increased for 1998 by 2.5 percent rounded to the nearest dollar with a minimum increase in any category of $1.

B.THAT the Director of Legal Services be instructed to prepare the necessary By-law to implement the revised Fee Schedule on January 2, 1998.

GENERAL MANAGERS’ COMMENTS

The General Managers of Corporate and Community Services RECOMMEND approval of A and B.

COUNCIL POLICY

On January 17, 1991, Council resolved that every department/board review services for which fees are now charged to ensure full cost recovery, or that fees are equivalent to competitive charges where the fee is of a market nature.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this report is to update the Vehicles for Hire license fees for 1998.

DISCUSSION

The Director of Finance and Director of Permits & Licenses recommend that the fees be increased by 2.5 percent for 1998, representing an inflationary increase or a $1 minimum per category. The proposed 1998 fees for all classes of Vehicles for Hire are set out in the text of this report. This increase is necessary to maintain cost recovery for this service. This fee increase recognizes that fees were last increased in 1995 and City costs have increased by approximately 2.5 percent.

The following table outlines the fee increases for 1998.

Current and Proposed (1998) Vehicles for Hire License Fees

Class of Vehicle	Current Fee	Proposed Fee
Airport Shuttle Bus, for each vehicle	$ 50.00	$ 51.00
Airport Transporter, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Antique Charter Limousine, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Charter Bus, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Charter Limousine, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Charter Van, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Courier Bicycle, for each vehicle	12.00	13.00
Driver Instruction Vehicle, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00

Dual Taxicab, for each vehicle	268.00	275.00
Funeral Cab, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Handicapped Cab, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00

Class of Vehicle continued	Current Fee	Proposed Fee
Horse-Drawn Carriage	355.00	364.00
Luxury Limousine, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Motor Stage, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Pedicab, for each vehicle for each person operating a leased vehicle on a daily basis	107.00 8.00	110.00 9.00
School Cab, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
Taxicab, for each vehicle if used also for displaying advertising material, for each vehicle so used, additional fee	268.00 21.00	275.00 22.00
Tow Truck, for each vehicle	107.00	110.00
U-Drive, for each vehicle with 4 or more wheels for each other vehicle	29.00 9.00	30.00 10.00
Cost of Transfer of License	85.00	88.00
License fee to oprate a vehicle licensed for one purpose, each additional purpose authorized by this By-Law	47.00	48.00

CONCLUSION

The license fees for Vehicles for Hire are typically adjusted on an annual basis and cost recovery has been maintained. An inflationary increase of 2.5 percent, or $1 minimum per fee category, is recommended for 1998 recognizing that fees were last increased in 1995.

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