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Home My WebLink About13-City Clerk CITY' OF SAN BERNQlDINO - REQUEST .:JR COUNCIL ACTION From: Lee Gagnon, Business License Supervisor Subject: Taxicab Rate Increase Dept: City Clerk Date: April 19, 1989 Synopsis of Previous Council action: February 4, 1986: Mayor and Council adopted Ordinance MC~497 permitting an increase in the flag drop rate to $1.90 for the first 1/10 mile and the per mile rate to $.20 for each addi- tional 1/5 mile with waiting time of $9.00 per hour and $,25 c~arge for handling baggage and groceries. Recommended motion: That the first reading of the ordinance be waived and said ordinance be laid over for final passage. t/ ~ .-/ JjT/./ J . ~" _ Sig ure Contact person: LEE GAGNON Supporting data attached: Yes Phone: 5036 N/A Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: N/A Sou rce: Finance: Council Notes: 75-0262 Agenda Item No. /3 ..-....... CITY OF SAN BERORDINO - REQUEST ...oR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT Under Municipal Code Section 5.76.200 the rate is $1.90 for the first 1/10 mile, or flag drop, '$.20 for each additional 1/5 mile or fraction thereof (or $1.00 per mile), and $9.00 per hour waiting time. At the Bureau of Franchises meeting held on March 14, 1989, Mr. Ted Parlas, Manager of Yellow Cab Company requested an increase in the per mile rate to $.28 for each additional 1/5 mile (or $1.40 per mile) with a $.25 per minute traffic delay charge and $15.00 per hour waiting time charge. Mr. Parlas also requested a provision to increase the per mile rate from $1.40 to $1.60 in the future at his discretion without further Bureau of Franchises approval. Mr. Parlas indicated that the requested rate increase was due to required workers compensation insurance that raised his insurance obligation by $65.00 per week per cab for 34 vehicles. Mr. Jack Porter the insurance agent for Mr. Parlas, was present and confirmed the insurance increase incurred by the Yellow Cab Company. After hearing testimony from Mr. Parlas and Mr. Porter the members of the Bureau of Franchises reviewed documents submitted by Mr.Parlas including the survey of taxi rates for the surrounding area. The Bureau did not approve the proposed provision to increase the per mile rate from $1.40 to $1.60 in the future at the discretion of Yellow Cab Company without further Bureau of Franchises approval. A motion by Mr. Vines and seconded by Mr. Howard that a taxicab rate increase be recommended to the Mayor and Common Council to include a flag drop rate of $1.90 for the first 1/10 mile and $.28 for each additional 1/5 mile or $1.40 per mile with $.25 per minute traffic delay charge and $15.00 per hour waiting time charge, carried unanimously. The new taxicab rates would increase the per mile charge from $1.00 to $1.40, add a new charge of $.25 per minute for a traffic delay and increase the waiting time charge from $9.00 to $15.00 per hour. The Bureau of Franchises recommends that this ordinance be adopted as an urgency measure to take effect and become operative upon its . adoption and approval due to the additional financial burden placed upon Yellow Cab Company. An ordinance amending Section 5.76.200 of the Municipal Code to increase the per mile rate from $1.00 to $1.40, to increase the traffic delay charge from 0 to $.25 per minute, and to increase the waiting time from $9.00 to $15.00 per hour, is attached. 75-0264 ,... "- , ' -" 1 ORDINANCE NO. 2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTION 5.76.200 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR 3 AN INCREASE IN RATES FOR TAXICAB SERVICE. 4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 5 6 SECTION 1. Section 5.76.200 of the San Bernardino Municioal 7 Code is amended to read: 8 "5.76.200 Rates - Minimum and maximum for taxicab service. 9 A. The rates or fares to be charged the oublic for taxicab 10 service shall be in accordance with and as prescribed by the 11 carrier's permit, the Bureau and the Mayor and Common Council, 12 and shall be not less than the minimum nor more than the maximunl 13 rates which are fixed in this section: provided, however, that 14 dial-a-ride taxicab rates are excepted from the provisions of 15 this section. 16 17 B. The minimum rate shall be forty-five cents for the one- 18 quarter mile, or flagdrop: ten cents for each additional two- 19 fifths mile or fraction thereof. The minimum waiti.ng time rate 20 shall be four dollars per hour. The minimum traffic delay charp,e 21 shall be fifteen cents per minute. 22 C. The maximum rate shall be one dollar ninety cents for 23 the first one-tenth mile, or flagdrop; twenty eight cents for each 24 additional one-fifth mile or fraction thereof. The maximum 25 waiting time rate shall be fifteen dollars per hour. The maximum 26 traffic delay charge shall be twenty five cents per minute. 27 II / 28 / II 1 ~ '-' ,,",.,I 1 2 3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held 4 on the day of , 1989, by the following 5 vote, to wit: 6 AYES: 7 8 NAYS: 9 ABSENT: 10 11 12 13 City Clerk The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day 14 of 15 16 17 18 , 1989. Mayor of the City of San Bernardino Approved as to form and legal content: 19 /\ . I ,/1 20 4~ l' ~WI-... 21 (;' ~; Attorney 22 / J 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 ~LLOW CAB IN~ CHECKER CAB INC. AIRLINE TAXI INC. CHECKER LEASING INC. 1510 WEST FIITH STREET. SAN BERNARDINO. CAUFORNIA 92411 . TELEPHONE: (714) 884-1114 I January 10, 1989 Yellow Cab Co. of San Bernardino County Inc. 1510 w 5th Street San Bernardino, CA. 92411 REF: Increased Taxi Rates To the Honorable Bureau of Franchises of the City of San Bernardino. Yellow Cab Co. of San Bernardino County Inc., does hereby petition this honorable board for a rate increase for taxi service. We respectfully request that the City Ordinance 1987, Section fourteen Subsection C be changed to read as follows. The maximum rate shall be $1.90 for the first 1/10 mile (flag drop): and 20t for each additional 1/8 mile or fraction thereof, ($1.60) per mile. The maximum traffic delay rate shall be, 25t per minute and th~ ~ax- imum of $15.00 per hour waiting time. It is our intent to ask for a maximum increase of $1.90 (flag drop) and up to $ 1.60 per mile. So we would have the flexability to in- crease our rates in the near future without Bureau approval. We intend to make the first increase at $1.90(flag drop) and $1.40 per mile 25t per minute traffic delay and $ 15.00 per hour waiting time. This increase in rates is requested because, of the current increases in insurance premiums of approximately $ 114,648.00 per year and ever increasing cost on the operatoins of our business. Attached is a letter from State Compensation Insurance Fund. We have not had this expense in the past. It amounts to $ 3,372.00 per taxi, per year. Also, attached is a current survey of the surrounding ~rea taxi rates. '-UP~ Respectfully Submitted Ted Parlas, Vice President. Yellow Cab Co. of San Bernardino County Inc. 24 HOUR TAXI SERVICE . RADIO DISPATCHED STATE COMPENSATION INSURANCE I=UNO ,....... V '"'" ,~ 375 WEST HOSPITALITY LANE SAN BERNARDINO. CA 92408-3217 TELEPHONE: 17141884-7281 - 824.()510 December 19, 1988 IN REPLY REFER Tn- Airline Taxi, Inc. 1510 West Fifth street San Bernardino, California 92401 Attn: Art Parlas Dear Mr. Parlas State Compensation Insurance Fund's Underwriting Department has determined that the drivers for Airline Taxi should be considered employee's for Workers' Compensation purposes. This means ~hat premium will be collected for them, based on a $20,000 minimum payroll per taxicab, effective upon renewal, January 31, 1989. Please feel free to contact me regarding this matter. Sincerely jf 1.\ 20, """, '1-.. . I /pSl,- $1:p 71. X 3'1 lk.4:: f;( I/If; 1,J.!3 selF 1<)10<1 (REV.2.82) MAIL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 1316. SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92402-1316 OP 29~ \STATE COMP.NSATION !'NSUAANC& [FUND HOME OFFICE I",..4AN FRANCISCO I ANNu.-IRATING ENDORSEMENT IT IS AGREED THAT THE CLASSIFICATIONS AND RATES PER $100 OF REMUNERATION APPEARING IN THE CONTINUOUS POLICY ISSUED TO THIS EMPLOYER ARE AMENDED AS SHOWN BELOW. IMPORTANT HERE ARE YOUR NEW RATES FOR THE PERIOD INDICATED. IF YOUR NAME OR ADDRESS SHOULD BE CORRECTED OR IF INSURANCE IS NOT NEEDED FOR NEXT YEAR, PLEASE TELL US. CONTINUOUS POLICY 480600-89 THIS IS NOT A BILL SEND ND _EY UNLESS STATEMENT 15 ENCLDSED THE RATING PERIOD BEQINS AND ENDS AT t2:0tAM ?ACIFIC STANDARD TIME . RATING PERIOD 1-31-89 TO 1-31-90 $5,721.00 $335.00 MONTHLY R SJ AIRLINE TAXI INC. 1510 W. 5TH ST SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF 92401 DEPOSIT PREMIUM MINIMUM PREMIUM PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT PERIOD NAKE OF EMPLOYER- AIRLINE TAXI INC., CHECKER CAB INC., .YELLOW CAB. INC., ..- YELLOW CHECKER LEASING INC. AND DIAL-A-RIDE BUS A CORPORATION CODE NO. PRINCIPAL WORK AND RATES EFFECTIVE TO 01-31-90 7365 TAXICAB OPERATIONS--ALL EMPLOYEES. 16.86 8810 CLERICAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES--N.O.C. .83 7382 BUS OR LIMOUSINE OPERATIONS 14.12 .. , . :; tI ')..! ',' ~ '~~. _ .".f;" 1:'= 0",;,>.,,4 . ....,.. ~'l t.. .....f.'..' ':.J " "I ',.', .,' ~'t;> ,'ll,' . TOTAL ESTIMATED ANNUAL PREMIUM $52,408 COUNTERSIGNED AND ISSUED AT SAN FRANCISCO DECEMBER 9, 1988 POLICY FORM K lL ''''-'Ell 1M E A tte' . - '- ~.,., ....-' SURVEY OF CURRENT TRXI RRTES FOR SURROUNDING RRERS DAte of survey January 9, 1989 CITY FLRG DROP PER MILE TRRFFIC DELRY WRITING DRTE OF RRTE TIME INCRERSE ======~=========================================== --------- --------- ================s=================================== RIVERSIDE $1. 80 **FONTRNR * $2,00 **ONTRRIO * $2.00 *"PAMONR * $2.00 VICTORVILLE $1.60 BARSTOW $1. 60 LOS RNGELES $1.90 SAN BERNRRDINO $1.90 . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- .; . PROPOSED ============ SAN BERNRRDINO $1.90 " FLAG DROP INCLUDES .40 SURCHRRGE $1. 40 $1.40 $1.40 $1.40 $1. 60 $1.60 $1.60 $1.00 $1.40 \ . .20 $12.00 2/86 .20 $12.00 2/86 .20 $12.00 2/86 .20 $12.00 2/86 .27 $16.00 1986 .27' $16.00 1986 .30 $18.00 8/86 .00 $ 9.00 1/86 .25 $15.00