Under Section 1-13(a) of the City Code of Ordinances, certain City fees are subject to an automatic increase on January 1st of each year by a percentage equal to the percentage increase shown in the most recently available twelve-month regional Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers for Houston-The Woodlands – Sugar Land. The CPI increase for calendar year 2024 has been calculated to be at 4.37%. The CPI increase for calendar year 2023 was calculated to be at 8.14% and the city council approved Ordinance No. 2022-864 on November 2, 2022, to waive the requirements in Section 1-13(c) of the Code to allow the Director to apply the CPI increase of 2.66% for certain City fees starting on January 1, 2023.
The Finance Director (“Director”) recommends City Council approve this proposed ordinance to waive the requirements in Section 1-13(c) of the Code to allow the Director to apply the CPI increase of 2.66% in 2022 and 2023 for certain City fees on January 1, 2024, as opposed to the calculated CPI increase of 4.37%.
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William Jones, Chief Business Officer / Director of Finance