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For 2003, the fee was $13.92 per FTE. For 2004, because of the $2,000 cap, the fee was $31.65 per FTE up to $2,000. Businesses with more than 63 FTE paid less than $31.65 per FTE, with the largest business, employing 1,207, paying $1.66 per FTE. Without the state fee cap, the recommended fee would have been $14.35 per FTE for all participating businesses in 2004, and $14.84 this year. Polling of businesses for their 2004 FTE levels is now complete for purposes of determining 2005 fees under a status quo scenario. That fee would be $30.94 per FTE, again up to the $2,000 cap. DETAILS OF PROPOSAL A subcommittee of the Toxics Board developed a list of types of businesses which could and possibly should be added to the program, not only in order to reduce the fee burden for currently participating businesses, but also to provide additional public reporting of hazardous substance use in the community. Businesses to be added would include gas stations, auto body and paint shops, dry cleaners, roofing contractors, painting contractors, certain businesses operating a spa and/or a swimming pool (hotels, motels, and fitness centers), photofinishing services (except one-hour), and crematories. In addition, the proposed ordinance would reduce the FTE threshold for program participation from 10 to 2 (more precisely, "more than 2"), meaning that smaller businesses in the already existing covered classifications (all manufacturing) would now be required to pay fees and possibly to report. The quantity threshold for required reporting would remain at 2,640 pounds of total hazardous substance inputs in a calendar year. It would remain the case, as it is now, that a number of businesses would be required to pay fees but would not be required to report. Staff has conducted preliminary research regarding the potential fee and reporting impacts of the ordinance. This research included interviews with principals of potentially affected businesses, requests for information from the Oregon Construction Contractors Board, actual counts of potentially affected businesses, and in some cases, estimates of their FTE levels and their probability of being required to report. The results, which remain preliminary pending actual implementation of the ordinance, are: EXISTING PROGRAM: Number of fee-paying businesses: 72 Number of covered FTE: 6,692 Number of reporting businesses: 40 2005 fee: $30.94/FTE up to $2,000 WITH PROPOSED ORDINANCE: Number of fee-paying businesses: 240 Number of covered FTE: 8,300 Number of reporting businesses: 90 Estimated 2005 fee for all program participants: $25.67/FTE up to $2,000 L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050307\S0503076.doc