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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 codi...
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