DATE: July 9, 2019
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
Conduct second hearing on and adopt an Ordinance amending the Fresno County Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs 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 Ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will amend the identified service rates in Section 900 of the (Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs) MSF, last amended in FY 2018-19. The proposed amendments to Section 900 are for an 8% to 13% increase as part of the second year increase of a three-year 25% to 33% phased-in increase approved by your Board on July 10, 2018. To allow for the eventual 90% cost recovery in Section 900 a similar increase will be required in FY 2020-21, thereby reducing the use of Health Realignment (Realignment) to offset permit fee-based program costs. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may direct Department staff to use current fees or propose alternative fees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The rates will be used by the Department to recover direct and indirect costs for services performed at 90% in FY 2020-21 by the Department's - Environmental Health Division (EHD) with the 10% difference in program costs covered by Realignment to ensure the continued protection to public health.
DISCUSSION:
On July 10, 2018, the Board approved the first of three phased-in increases to allow for the eventual 90% cost recovery in Section 900, for identified services provided by EHD.
On June 4, 2019, the Board held the first hearing regarding the second of three phased-in increases.
The recommended rates in Exhibi...
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