The Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency (SRCAA) proposes to amend its Periodic Fee Review in Article X, Section 10.02(E) by adding an option for the SRCAA Board of Directors (Board) to consider fee adjustments as part of its annual budget adoption process to improve efficiency.
The Board conducts a Periodic Fee Review of SRCAA’s fee-based programs to determine if the total projected fee revenue is sufficient to recover direct and indirect program costs. If fees are not sufficient, the Board’s current option is to direct SRCAA staff to pursue rulemaking to amend fees in the agency’s Consolidated Fee Schedule. This includes public notice, public comment, and a public hearing.
SRCAA is proposing to amend the Periodic Fee Review process by adding the following option:
Upon approval by the Board as part of its annual budget development and adoption process, program fees may be adjusted by the Urban West Region Consumer Price Index for the previous 12 months ending March 31, or by an alternate factor approved by the Board, not to exceed 4%. If fee adjustments are necessary, they shall be included in a revised Consolidated Fee Schedule for Board approval during its annual budget adoption process. This process includes public notice, public comment, and a public hearing. If the Board determines this option isn’t sufficient, it can use the other option.
Here is the redlined Article X, Section 10.02(E) with proposed amended wording added.
Public Comments: Written comments will be accepted until 8 a.m., Thursday, April 3, 2025, by mail or email to SRCAA, Attn: Margee Chambers, 1610 S. Technology Blvd, Ste 101, Spokane, WA 99224 or PublicComment@SpokaneCleanAir.org.
A Public Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, April 3, 2025, during SRCAA’s Board meeting which starts at 9:30 a.m., at the address listed above. To participate in the public hearing virtually, instructions will be on the meeting agenda which is posted a week prior to the meeting at www.SpokaneCleanAir.org, under “Notices & Hearings”.
