RCS Logo
  • Home

  • Consulting

    • Consulting Overview
    • Cost Allocation Plan
    • Cost of Services Fee Study
    • Development Impact Fee
  • Software

    • Software Overview
    • Indirect Module
    • Direct Module
    • SimpliCity Budget
    • Software Support
  • Team

    • Rick Kermer
    • Eric Johnson
    • Scott Thorpe
    • Chu Thai
  • Clients

  • Project Highlights

  • Blog

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Cost Allocation Plans
    • Budgeting
    • Service Fees
    • Development Impact Fees
    • General
    Search
    Eric Johnson
    • 7 days ago
    • 2 min

    How often is enough? When should you update your fees

    As a fee consultant, the question that I get asked most often is, “How often should we be updating our fees?” Once I dispose of the...
    11 views0 comments
    Rick Kermer
    • Apr 11
    • 2 min

    Seeking Civil Society - Redux

    “Yes, Virginia, It Does Matter Whose Ox is Gored.” I’m sincerely interested in promoting civil society. As a preface to this article, I...
    11 views0 comments
    CSMFO Conference
    Eric Johnson
    • Feb 10
    • 1 min

    CSMFO Conference

    If you are attending the CSMFO Conference in San Diego next week, please stop by Booth 313 and say Hi. And if you are coming on Tuesday,...
    10 views0 comments
    Eric Johnson
    • Nov 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Taxes already pay staff’s salaries, don’t they?

    A question that I am often asked by City Council members is, “Aren’t taxes already paying staff’s salaries, so why do we need to worry...
    27 views0 comments
    Rick Kermer
    • Oct 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    Preparing for Climate Change as a Finance Director

    I remember enjoying the early Tom Clancy novels. In 1994, I heard that his latest novel, Debt of Honor, involved a commercial airliner...
    28 views1 comment
    But Wait…There’s More! A Fee Study Gives You More Than Additional Revenues
    Chu Thai
    • Sep 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    But Wait…There’s More! A Fee Study Gives You More Than Additional Revenues

    The common understanding is that a fee study is performed to increase city revenues (even though the conversation should be about...
    15 views0 comments
    The Effect of Time on Saved Money
    Scott Thorpe
    • Aug 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Effect of Time on Saved Money

    I’m going to keep this short, but I think it’s powerful. It’s about what happens to your saved money over time. I was recently contacted...
    17 views0 comments
    Another Look at Proposition 26
    Eric Johnson
    • Jul 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Another Look at Proposition 26

    In a recent article, I talked about Proposition 4, passed in 1979, as the godfather of voter initiatives that defined service fees and...
    31 views0 comments
    Modified Deposit Fees to the Rescue
    Rick Kermer
    • Jun 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Modified Deposit Fees to the Rescue

    After calculating the full cost for a current development-related application, the RCS effort turns to the process of cost recovery by...
    37 views0 comments
    Always give 100% at work
    Chu Thai
    • May 17, 2021
    • 2 min

    Always give 100% at work

    I always give 100% at work; 10% on Monday, another 20% on Tuesday, 40% on Wednesday, almost done with another 10% on Thursday, and the...
    52 views0 comments
    Scott Thorpe
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    The difference between COA and DIF Projects

    The City needs capital additions to its many infrastructures in order to continue to be able meet the service demand needs of new...
    32 views0 comments
    Government as a Business - an idea past its time?
    Eric Johnson
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    Government as a Business - an idea past its time?

    When the authors of Proposition 4 in 1979 were writing the ballot measure it was based on the idea that government should act more like a...
    31 views0 comments
    Evolution of the Hourly Rate
    Rick Kermer
    • Feb 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    Evolution of the Hourly Rate

    A recent question on the CSMFO website was from a finance director that wondered what to do when the fiscal year had twenty-seven pay...
    39 views0 comments
    Gratitude for 2020
    Chu Thai
    • Jan 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Gratitude for 2020

    I am certainly happy that we’re in 2021, and there’s a vaccine for the virus which has affected all our lives and killed over 2 Million...
    33 views0 comments
    RCS Impact Fees are Battle Tested
    Scott Thorpe
    • Dec 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    RCS Impact Fees are Battle Tested

    The last thing I ever needed to hear from one of my clients was “We are being sued over our impact fees”. Never fun. But that is just...
    69 views0 comments
    Do You Need a Fee Audit?
    Eric Johnson
    • Nov 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Do You Need a Fee Audit?

    After going through the process of doing a Fee Study and getting the fees approved by your Council, your thoughts turn to having a really...
    22 views0 comments
    Setting the Record Straight on PRA Fees
    Chu Thai
    • Oct 20, 2020
    • 6 min

    Setting the Record Straight on PRA Fees

    The California Public Records Act (PRA), all the supplementary legislation, and numerous court decisions has made it clear and specific...
    10 views0 comments
    The Perfect Fiscal Storm
    Rick Kermer
    • Aug 9, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Perfect Fiscal Storm

    My hometown is asking voters to approve a sales tax increase of 1.25% in November 2020. I know they need the money, but it is certainly a...
    20 views0 comments
    Accessory Dwelling Unit Impact Fee Calculation
    Scott Thorpe
    • Jun 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Accessory Dwelling Unit Impact Fee Calculation

    In July of 2017, I wrote my first RCS article about Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in which I merely identified the differing types of...
    21 views0 comments
    Development’s Winners and Losers
    Rick Kermer
    • May 11, 2020
    • 6 min

    Development’s Winners and Losers

    There are four players in the development game: developers, contractors, landowners and residents. Each plays a critical role, and each...
    7 views0 comments
    1
    2345

    Revenue & Cost Specialists

    cost@revenuecost.com

    1519 E Chapman Ave, Ste C
    Fullerton, CA 92831

    (714) 992-9020

    ©2020 by Revenue & Cost Specialists