HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12172013 - SD.6RECOMMENDATION(S):
1. Open a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the Itemized and Professional and Service Rates for the
Environmental Health Division of Contra Costa County Health Services, effective January 1, 2014.
2. Receive testimony and close public hearing.
3. ADOPT Resolution No. 2013/478 on the proposed amendment to the Itemized Professional and Service Rates for
the Environmental Health Division of Contra Costa County Health Services, effective January 1, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Resolution will increase revenues by approximately $900,000 to $1.2 million to fully fund the
Environmental Health program costs. (No County funds required.)
BACKGROUND:
The Environmental Health Division is fully financed via its fees. The Division has conducted a retrospective review
of
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/17/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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: December 17, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: , Deputy
cc: T Scott, C Rucker, Marilyn Underwood, Parna Kamfabyar
SD. 6
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:December 17, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Hearing on Fee Increases in the Health Services Department, Environmental Health Division
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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. Although the hourly rate has not been changed, 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 2014 fee schedule proposes fee changes to the following programs: Enforcing Food, Recreational Water,
Body Art, Medical Waste, and Small Water Systems.
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
REMOVED from consideration.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2013/478