HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/2/2001 - STAFF REPORTS (20) DATE: May 2, 2001
TO: City Council
FROM: City Clerk
COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE AMENDMENT
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Council adopt an amendment to the Comprehensive Fee Schedule,
Resolution 19757, which provides a fee for the performance of civil marriages by
the Palm Springs City Clerk.
SUMMARY:
In the past, civil marriages have been performed only at the County offices in Indio
or Riverside; the City Clerk has been sworn as a California Deputy Commissioner
of Marriages able to perform civil marriages in the State of California.
BACKGROUND:
The Council has established a fee of $20.00 to register Domestic Partners in the
City of Palm Springs; the time involved to perform Civil Marriages should be the
same. Based on the previous Council approved fee, it is recommended that the
two fees be the same.
There is a required fee of $40.00 collected at the time of the ceremony, payable to
the County of Riverside, for recording of documents.
City Clerk
APPROVED:� �'�
City Managers '
Attachments:
1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 20041
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 19757, TO AMEND THE
COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE TO PROVIDE A FEE FOR
THE PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL MARRIAGES BY THE PALM
SPRINGS CITY CLERK.
WHEREAS on March 1, 2000, the City Council adopted Resolution 19757; and
WHEREAS Resolution 19757 is the City's Comprehensive Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS the City Council desires to amend the Comprehensive Fee Schedule in order
to, provide a fee for the performance of civil marriages by the Palm Springs City Clerk.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
that Resolution 19757, as amended, establishing the Comprehensive Fee Schedule, is
hereby further amended, by the following:
PERFORM CIVIL MARRIAGES $20.00 (for ceremony)
ADOPTED this 2nd day of May 2001.
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Jones, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor pro Tern Oden
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Kleindienst
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
By
City Clerk City Manager
REVIEWED &APPROVED AS TO FORM