DATE: June 12, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Amendment to Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Conduct first hearing to amend the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Section 2100 - Public Health, subsections 2101, 2103 through 2107, 2109 through 2112, and adding subsections 2114 through 2115; and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety and set second hearing for July 10, 2018;
2. Conduct first 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, 937 through 940.1, 948, 950, and adding subsections 902.1, 916.1, 939.2, 939.3, and 940.2; and waive reading of the Ordinance in its entirety and set second hearing for July 10, 2018;
3. Designate County Counsel to prepare a fair and adequate summary of the proposed ordinances and direct the Clerk of the Board to post and publish the required summaries in accordance with Government Code, section 25124(b)(1).
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action would schedule the second hearing to amend the identified rates in Section 2100 of the Master Schedule of Fees (MSF), last amended in FY 2012-13, to enable full cost recovery, delete inapplicable rates, reduce where necessary, or are related to added services. Approval of the second recommended action would schedule the second hearing to amend identified rates in Section 900 of the MSF, last amended in FY 2008-09. The proposed amendment to Section 900 is an 8% to 13% increase. To allow for the eventual 90% cost recovery in Section 900, similar increases will be required in FYs 2019-20 and 2020-21, thereby reducing the use of 1991 Health Realignment (Realignment) to offset permit fee-based program costs. Approval of the third recommended action satisfies the leg...
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