Title
Joint resolution amending the Lake County Health Department Environmental Health Fees Schedule (as authorized in Lake County Code of Ordinances Chapter 178)
Staff Summary
• The Environmental Health Water Well program is proposing revisions to fees associated with non-community water systems.
o The proposed fee revisions relieve facilities from having to pay potentially high lab costs for repeat samples, reduce the time and cost of billing for repeat and monthly samples for Health Department staff, and eliminate the need for monthly-sampled facilities to pay monthly invoices during the year.
o The proposal, if implemented, will be revenue neutral.
• This proposal would eliminate charging and invoicing for repeat sample fees, and would offset the revenue by slightly increasing the annual permit fee for all facilities.
o With a projected two percent CPI for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, the cost of an annual permit in 2021 would be $218 without this change.
o This proposal would increase the FY 2021 fee by $22 to $240, or around 10 percent.
o But no facility, with the exception of those who have neglected to take documented, mandated actions to correct a system deficiency would ever be responsible for additional collection and analysis fees.
• The proposal also creates two new fees that would allow the option for monthly-sampled facilities to pay for the samples in one payment at the start of the year, along with their permit fee.
o Potentially affected facilities were contacted and are in favor of this proposal.
• The Board of Health met regarding this item on February 26, 2020.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is authorized to enforce local environmental health ordinances to protect the public’s health; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board incorporated the Health Department Fee Schedules into the Lake County Code of Ordinances at Chapter 178 on November 12, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 178 of the Lake County Code of Ordinances codifies the establishment and amendment of a schedule of fees and charges for services provided by the Lake County Health Department under Title XVII of the Lake County Code of Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the fees for Environmental Health services are contained in the Environmental Health Fees Schedule; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department has proposed amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule that pertain to the assessment of fees for services related to non-community water systems; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has approved the proposed amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule on February 26, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has recommended that the proposed amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule be referred to the County Board for approval; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the amendments to the Environmental Health Fees Schedule herewith be approved and made a matter of Lake County law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lake County Clerk is hereby authorized to distribute certified copies of the amended Ordinance to the County Administrator, Comptroller, and the Executive Director of the Lake County Health Department.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on May 12, 2020.