DATE: September 21, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Luchini, RN, PHN, Interim Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct second hearing to amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs by amending Section 900 - Environmental Health, sections 902 through 906, 908 through 917, 919 through 934.1, 938 through 940.2, and 948 through 951; and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety; and adopt proposed Ordinance.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs by amending Section 900 Environmental Health, sections 902 through 906, 908 through 917, 919 through 934.1, 938 through 940.2 and 948 through 951. The proposed amendment is an 8% to 13% increase and represents the third-year increase of a three-year 25% to 33% phase-in rate increase approved by the Board on July 10, 2018. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct Department staff to keep the current fee structure or propose alternative fees, which will impede the Department's goal of 90% cost recovery in the Environmental Health Division (EHD), thereby increasing the use of Health Realignment (Realignment) to offset permit fee-based program costs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The proposed rates, as shown in Exhibit A of the Ordinance, will be used by the Department to recover direct and indirect costs for services under permit fee-based programs. The Department has a 90% program cost recovery goal with the 10% difference covered by Realignment to ensure the continued protection to public health. Rate increases presented are based on a cost study approved in 2018 using FY 2016-17 data. The approved cost study reflected a ...
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