When it comes to city fees, they can range from the common ones like swimming pool and golf course fees to more obscure charges for horse drawn vehicles and ice cream trucks.

City commissioners on Tuesday decided that they all ought to get a review — at some point.

“I could see how taking a look at our costs to provide a service and the fee we charge could be pretty useful,” City Commissioner Mike Amyx said.

Commissioners at their weekly meeting received a report from the city auditor that recommends the city create a policy that would guide staff members and the City Commission in setting fees.

The policy would require some periodic review of fees.

City Auditor Michael Eglinski said that is important because he found some fees where it was unclear how the fee charged by the city related to the actual costs to the city to provide the service.

City Manager David Corliss said he supports the idea of creating a policy to guide the city in setting fees. But he also cautioned commissioners to not expect the policy to recommend major changes in fees anytime soon, mainly because the city already has reviewed many of the major city fees.

In recent years the city has increased parking fees, cemetery fees, Municipal Court fees and various changes to Parks and Recreation fees.

“We feel like we have looked at the fees where most of the money is at,” Corliss said.

Corliss said he’ll likely present a recommended fee policy as part of the city’s 2012 budget deliberations. But he also said it may be quite some time before city staff is able to review every fee currently on the books. Eglinski’s report estimated that there are more than 200 separate fees charged by the city.

In other city news, commissioners:

• Unanimously approved, after considerable discussion, a plan for Bert Nash to close the 600 block of Massachusetts Street for a fundraiser from 3 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 9 for a fundraiser that will feature a downtown race, music and food and drinks.

• Approved unanimously a plan to convert about half the spaces in the city parking lot in the 1000 block of Vermont Street to 10-hour metered spots to accommodate an office project by Lawrence-based Treanor Architects.

But commissioners unanimously rejected a request that Treanor be allowed to purchase long-term parking passes from the city at a rate that would be fixed for the next 10 years. Instead, commissioners said the firm would be subject to the same price increases as the general public.