City council adopts limited 2025 master fee schedule changes, including solicitor badge update
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Council adopted several administrative fee changes including raising the solicitor badge fee (refundable if returned), a pass‑through credit card fee policy, higher FTB assessment filing fees to recover costs, and minor recreation and code‑enforcement adjustments.
The Upland City Council on Oct. 13 adopted a set of targeted revisions to the city’s 2025 master fee schedule, including changes to a solicitor badge fee, franchise tax board (FTB) assessment filing fees, and the city’s credit‑card fee policy.
Stacy Sullivan, the city’s finance manager, presented the refinements. The council approved increasing the solicitor badge fee from $25 to $50 per permit; staff said that when a solicitor returns a badge the city will refund $25, effectively keeping the per‑month net cost at $25 for those who return badges. Staff also described a new online QR code feature linking a badge to a public webpage showing authorized solicitors, employer and badge expiry.
The council approved changing the FTB assessment filing fee (used to place delinquent business‑license and utility charges on tax rolls) from $10 to $84 to better recover staff processing costs. Staff said the city will also move to a pass‑through model for credit‑card fees after negotiating new merchant agreements, and the revised schedule included modest alignment of recreation facility rental rules and a $100 administrative citation fee for code‑enforcement cases to recover nonrefundable staff costs.
Council members asked practical questions about how long badges are valid (staff said 30 days per badge), whether groups using the Magnolia North Hall commercial kitchen would need health permits (staff confirmed a valid San Bernardino County public health permit must be submitted at least 30 days before reservations for commercial food service), and how the city will publicize the solicitor‑badge requirement to common door‑to‑door vendors.
The council opened and closed the public hearing with no speakers and adopted the resolution to amend the fee schedule unanimously. Staff said the changes are intended to recover administrative costs and increase transparency for residents about solicitors operating in neighborhoods.