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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	February 4, 2014

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Hearing on Fee Increases in the Health Services Department, Environmental Health Division

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/04/2014

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Marilyn Underwood, 692-2521

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 4, 2014
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

1. Open a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the schedule of fees for the Environmental Health Division of Contra Costa County Health Services, effective February 4, 2014.
2. Receive testimony and close public hearing.

3. ADOPT Resolution No. 2014/26 on the proposed fees for the Environmental Health Division of Contra Costa County Health Services, effective February 4, 2014.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Resolution will increase revenues by approximately $900,000 to $1.2 million to fund Environmental Health program costs..

BACKGROUND:

The Environmental Health Division is financed via its fees. The Division has conducted a retrospective review of three years of time accounting data to develop fees for 2014 that are aligned with the inspection activity and risk function by type of business. By utilizing the updated time and risk factors by business type, certain fees have increased and certain fees have been lowered.

The fees charged to businesses/entities are structured to recover the full cost of services. To ensure that the cost of the program is borne by all users of the system, the Division will begin charging facilities that by practice, were not charged in the past, (i.e. schools, detention facilities, and municipal recreational facilities). Within the food program, the Environmental Health Division is adopting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Risk-Based Food Inspections. This will affect the frequency of inspections for Retail Food Facilities, with low risk facilities being inspected once a year, medium risk facilities, twice a year, and higher risk facilities, three times a year.

The proposed changes do not impact all programs within the Environmental Health Program. Additional fee changes, will be brought before the Board of Supervisors at a later date.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to approve the fee increases will result in the Environmental Health programs being underfunded by $900,000 to $1.2 million.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

CLOSED the hearing; ADOPTED Resolution No. 2014/26 on the proposed fees for the Environmental Health Division of Contra Costa County Health Services, effective February 4, 2014; and DIRECTED the Department to conduct some measure of public outreach, such as a media release through the County Public Information Officer.