HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12022014 - D.6RECOMMENDATION(S):
1. RECEIVE report from the Environmental Health staff regarding proposed new fees and adjustments to current fees.
2. OPEN a public hearing on the proposed amendment to the schedule of fees for the Environmental Health Division
of the Contra Costa County Health Services Department, effective January 1, 2015; RECEIVE oral and written
testimony regarding the proposed fee adjustments.and CLOSE the hearing.
3. FIND that the proposed fee adjustments are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Section 15273 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
4. ADOPT Ordinance No. 2014-12, authorizing the collection of a plan review fee for plan reviews and inspections
of food facilities and public swimming pools, and authorizing Environmental Health to prorate operating permit fees
on a quarterly basis for businesses that commence operations after the beginning of a permit year, and issue specified
refunds to permitted businesses that cease operation or are transferred to another person before the end of a permit
year.
5. ADOPT Resolution No. 2014/381, establishing and updating fees for the Environmental Health Division, effective
January 1, 2015, superseding Resolution 2014/26 in its entirety and superseding Resolution 2007/509 as to all
Environmental Health Division rate charges and fees not set by Resolution No. 2014/26, with the exception of solid
waste program fees, which shall continue in full force and effect.
6. DIRECT the Conservation and Development
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/02/2014 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
925.692.2521
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 2, 2014
, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: County Administrator, Health Services Director, Heath Services CEO, Auditor-Controller
D.6
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:December 2, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PLAN
REVIEW FEES AND OF RESOLUTION UPDATING THE FEE SCHEDULE
RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)
Director, or designee, to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk and DIRECT the Health Services
Department to pay the Department of Conservation and Development $25.00 to process the Notice of Exemption,
and pay the County Clerk $50.00 to file the Notice of Exemption.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Resolution will increase revenues by approximately $360,000 annually to fund Environmental
Health program costs. Solid Waste Program fees will be amended in 2015 to achieve full cost recovery of
Environmental Health Programs.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Environmental Health Division of the Health Services Department exists to protect and promote
the health of the people of Contra Costa County, through programs for safe food, safe water for drinking and
recreation, and the sanitary management of wastes, and development of land in a manner protective of the
environment. Legal authority for environmental health programs is obtained from the California Health and Safety
Code, Government Code, Public Resource Code, Water Code, California Code of Regulations Titles 15, 17, 22,
and 24, and local ordinances and regulations.
The Environmental Health Division is financed wholly with fee revenue. The Division has conducted a
retrospective review of multiple years of time accounting data to develop fees for 2015 that are aligned with the
inspection activity and risk function by type of business. All field staff account for their time spent on facility
inspections by using commercial software developed for the Environmental Health programs. By utilizing the
updated time and risk factors by business type, certain fees warrant an increase while other fees can be reduced.
The fees charged to businesses/entities are structured to recover the full net cost of services. Within the food
program, the Environmental Health Division has adopting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Risk-Based
Food Inspections protocol. This has affected 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. The Local
Enforcement Agency Program fees are not being recommended for adjustment at this time. Some Environmental
Health fees were recently updated in February 2014. The fees being addressed in this resolution are for
project-based work conducted in overseeing groundwater protection when any well or other hole drilling occurs,
the construction or repair of on-site waste water treatment systems, and plan review of construction and
remodeling of food facilities and public pools. This updated fee schedule also includes the annual permit for
public beach oversight and Risk 2 retail food markets that were inadvertently omitted from the February 2014
resolution, the annual permit for a sewage pumper truck or facility, and the annual permit for an alternative on-site
waste water treatment system.
Environmental Health's Solid Waste Program fees will be the subject of a future report and fee resolution.
These new and increased fees are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to
Section 15273 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.in that the proposed fees are for the purpose of
meeting operating expenses and for purchasing materials and equipment to provide the identified services/
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve the fee increases will result in the Environmental Health programs being underfunded by
approximately $360,000 annually.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
The department provided informational charts "Current and Proposed Fees Compared to Other Jurisdictions"
and "Current and Proposed Well Activity Fees Compared to Other Jurisdictions" to assist in Board
considerations, after the publication of the Agenda. By unanimous vote, the Board accepted the materials into
the record (attached). CLOSED the hearing; FOUND that the proposed fee adjustments are exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15273 of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations; ADOPTED Ordinance No. 2014-12, authorizing the collection of a plan review fee for plan
reviews and inspections of food facilities and public swimming pools, and authorizing Environmental Health to
prorate operating permit fees on a quarterly basis for businesses that commence operations after the beginning
of a permit year, and issue specified refunds to permitted businesses that cease operation or are transferred to
another person before the end of a permit year; ADOPTED Resolution No. 2014/381, establishing and
updating fees for the Environmental Health Division, effective January 1, 2015, superseding Resolution
2014/26 in its entirety and superseding Resolution 2007/509 as to all Environmental Health Division rate
charges and fees not set by Resolution No. 2014/26, with the exception of solid waste program fees, which shall
continue in full force and effect; DIRECTED the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to
file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk and DIRECTEDthe Health Services Department to pay the
Department of Conservation and Development $25.00 to process the Notice of Exemption, and pay the County
Clerk $50.00 to file the Notice of Exemption.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2014/381
Attachment "A" to Resolution No. 2014/381 - Environmental Health Fee Schedule Eff 1/1/15
Ordinance No. 2014-12 - Environmental Health Permits and Fees
Staff Report
Environmental Health Expenditures/Revenues and Hourly Rate & Expense/Revenue Calculations
Archived Resolution 2007/509 Comprehensive Health Services Department Fee Schedule
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ATTACHMENT “A” TO RESOLUTION NO. 2014/381
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION
Current Rate Recommended Rate
General Program Section – Service Fees & Penalties
Application Fee (Non-refundable) $ 39.00 No Change
Violation Re-Inspection Fee $ 174.00 /Hour No Change
Change of Ownership/Site Evaluation $ 213.00 No Change
Special Service Fees at Hourly Rate with Minimum
One-Hour Charge $ 174.00 Minimum No Change
Applicable to:
Variance Requests
Administrative Hearings
Field and Office Consultations
Non-Routine Site Evaluations
Non-Routine Field Inspections (and/or) Re-Inspections
Two-Hour Charge $ 348.00 Minimum No Change
Applicable to:
Health Officer Appeal Hearing
IMPORTANT: Permit fees include a non-refundable $39.00 application fee. Time exceeding the hours
provided in the service fees set below or provided for services not listed will be charged at the rate of $174.00
per hour during normal business hours and the rate of $224.00 per hour after normal business hours.
Food Program
Per US Food & Drug Administration, Environmental Health Department is adopting Risk Categorization (RC)
of Food Establishments:
Risk Factor RC1: Limited Food Prep/ Prepackaged Food- requires 1 inspection per year.
Risk Factor RC2: Food Prep involves cooking -requires 2 inspections per year.
Risk Factor RC3: Food prep involves cooking, cooling, and reheating - requires 3 inspections per year.
Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Restaurants RC1 Seats 0 – 25 $ 698.00 No Change
RC2 $ 1,039.00 No Change
RC3 $ 1,474.00 No Change
Restaurants RC1 Seats 26-49 $ 738.00 No Change
RC2 $ 1,100.00 No Change
RC3 $ 1,545.00 No Change
Restaurants RC1 Seats 50-149 $ 1,044.00 No Change
RC2 $ 1,150.00 No Change
RC3 $ 1,648.00 No Change
Restaurants RC2 Seats 150 + $ 1,086.00 No Change
RC3 $ 1,813.00 No Change
Tavern / Cocktail Lounge Bar $ 773.00 No Change
Snack Bar RC1 $ 640.00 No Change
RC2 $ 849.00 No Change
Registered Exempt Retail Food Market No Fee No Fee
Incidental Retail Food Markets $ 435.00 No Change
Retail Food Markets RC1 Square Foot < 2,000 $ 693.00 No Change
Retail Food Markets RC2 Square Foot < 2,000 $ 693.00 $ 899.00
Retail Food Markets RC1 Square Foot 2,001-4,000 $ 780.00 No Change
Retail Food Markets RC2 Square Foot 2,001-4,000 $ 780.00 $ 1,049.00
Retail Food Markets RC1 Square Foot 4,001-6,000 $ 851.00 No Change
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Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Retail Food Markets RC2 Square Foot 4,001-6,000 $ 851.00 $ 1,201.00
Retail Food Markets RC1 Square Foot > 6,000 $ 961.00 No Change
Retail Food Markets RC2 Square Foot > 6,000 $ 961.00 $ 1,250.00
Bakery RC1 Square Foot < 2,000 $ 569.00 No Change
RC2 $ 957.00 No Change
Bakery RC1 Square Foot 2,001-4,000 $ 655.00 No Change
RC2 $ 1,044.00 No Change
Bakery RC1 Square Foot 4,001-6,000 $ 926.00 No Change
RC2 $ 1,131.00 No Change
Bakery RC1 Square Foot > 6,000 $ 1,053.00 No Change
RC2 $ 1,218.00 No Change
Production Kitchen (Fee Exempt) No Fee No Fee
Production Kitchen
(supports no mobile food facility) $ 920.00 No Change
Add’l. Permit for Production Kitchen
Restaurant/Caterer (supports no mobile food
facility)
$ 174.00 No Change
Catering RC2 $ 920.00 No Change
RC3 $ 992.00 No Change
Commissary- supports at least one mobile
food facility (MFF) $ 698.00 No Change
Add’l Permit for MFF Commissary
(Restaurant) $ 174.00 No Change
MFF Commissary- (Fee Exempt) No Fee No Fee
Limited Use Mobile Food Facility
(Vehicle/Carts) (Hot Dog, Espresso,
Produce)
$ 454.00 No Change
Mobile Support Unit/Auxiliary Conveyance $ 96.00 No Change
Mobile Food Facility (Full Prep Vehicles) $ 637.00 No Change
Mobile Food Facility (Fee Exempt) No Fee No Fee
Seasonal Ice Cream Truck $ 454.00 No Change
Push Carts 1 – 4 $ 160.00 each No Change
Push Carts 5 – 10 $ 131.00 each No Change
Push Carts > 10 $ 120.00 each No Change
Push Carts (Fee Exempt) No Fee No Fee
Temp Events 1-2 Booths $ 171.00/ Booth No Change
3-7 Booths $ 124.00/ Booth No Change
8+ $ 110.00/ Booth No Change
Temp Event Applications not submitted
two weeks prior to event $ 150.00 No Change
Failure to obtain Temp Event permit
prior to community event $ 233.00 No Change
Seasonal Permit – Up to 3 months $ 498.00 No Change
Swap Meet/Flea Market Pre-pkgd Food
Stand Square Foot <20,000 sq ft $ 1,500.00 No Change
Swap Meet/Flea Market Pre-pkgd Food
Stand Square Foot >20,000 sq ft $ 3,001.00 No Change
Certified Farmers’ Food Markets RC2 Booths 1 – 25 $ 522.00 No Change
Certified Farmers’ Food Markets RC2 Booths 26 – 45 $ 696.00 No Change
Certified Farmers’ Food Markets RC2 Booths 46 + $ 870.00 No Change
Non- Ag Food Vendor Booths 1 – 5 CFM Fee + $ 418.00 No Change
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Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Non- Ag Food Vendor Booths 6 – 10 CFM Fee + $ 525.00 No Change
Non- Ag Food Vendor Booths 11 + CFM Fee + $ 734.00 No Change
Farm Stands $ 435.00 No Change
Food Demonstrator $ 371.00 No Change
School Cafeteria $ 783.00 No Change
School Satellite $ 261.00 No Change
Ice Plant Square Foot $ 243.00 No Change
Vending Machines Machines 1 – 4 $ 218.00 No Change
Each Machine Machines Over 4 $ 32.00 No Change
Wiping Rags Business $ 315.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility RC2 0 – 50 Beds $ 1,147.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility RC2 51 – 100 Beds $ 1,434.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility RC2 101 – 200 Beds $ 1,720.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility RC2 201 – 300 Beds $ 2,008.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility RC2 300 + Beds $ 2,295.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 0 – 100 Beds $ 2,295.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 101 – 200 Beds $ 2,581.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 201 + Beds $ 2,868.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 0–100 + 0-50 Beds + Seats $ 3,155.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 0–100+51-149 Beds + Seats $ 3,441.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 0 – 100 + 150 Beds + Seats $ 3,728.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 101– 200+0–50 Beds + Seats $ 4,015.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 101-200+
51-149 Beds + Seats $ 4,060.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 101 – 200 +150 Beds + Seats $ 4,588.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 >201 + 0 – 50 Beds + Seats $ 4,875.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 >201+ 51 – 149 Beds + Seats $ 5,162.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 >201 + 150 Beds + Seats $ 5,448.00 No Change
General Acute Care Facility RC2 1 – 20 Food
Stations $ 440.00 No Change
Cottage Food Operation - CFO
Class A Application Packet Review (2.5 Hrs.) $ 400.00 No Change
Class B Application Packet Review & Inspection (up to 4 Hrs.) $ 679.00 No Change
Renewal of Class A Registration $ 95.00 No Change
Renewal of Class B Permit $ 304.00 No Change
Housing
Jails $ 621.00 No Change
Court Holding $ 527.00 No Change
Detention Facilities $ 1,402.00 No Change
Recreational Health
Recreational Water Park One System $ 1,263.00 No Change
Each Additional System $ 631.00 No Change
Pool – Apartment, Motel, Hotel Multi-Use $ 730.00 No Change
Each Additional Pool $ 261.00 No Change
Spa - Apartment, Motel, Hotel Multi-Use $ 631.00 No Change
Each Additional Spa $ 261.00 No Change
Recreational Health (continued)
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Category Units Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Public School /Municipal/Public Pools $ 730.00 No Change
Additional Pool $ 261.00 No Change
Public School /Municipal/Public Spas $ 631.00 No Change
Additional Spa $ 261.00 No Change
Splash/Spray Park $ 730.00 No Change
Additional Splash Spray $ 261.00 No Change
Non Profit: Pools/Spa No Fee No Fee
Public Beach One System $ 579.00 $ 1,263.00
Plan Review for Retail Food Facilities and Recreational Health Facilities
Each additional hour beyond the time the fee is based upon is at the hourly rate of $174.00.
Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
PR-Restaurants (up to 11 hours) Seats 0 – 25 Hourly $ 1,914.00
PR-Restaurants (up to 12 hours) Seats 26-49 Hourly $ 2,088.00
PR-Restaurants (up to 15 hours) Seats 50-149 Hourly $ 2,610.00
PR-Restaurants (up to 17 hours) Seats 150 + Hourly $ 2,958.00
PR-Tavern / Cocktail Lounge Bar (up
to 11 hours) Hourly $ 1,914.00
PR-Snack Bar (up to 11 hours) Hourly $ 1,914.00
PR-Incidental Retail Food Markets (up
to 7 hours) Hourly $ 1,218.00
PR-Retail Food Markets (up to 10
hours) Square Foot < 2,000 Hourly $ 1,740.00
PR-Retail Food Markets (up to 13
hours) Square Foot 2,000-4,000 Hourly $ 2,262.00
PR-Retail Food Markets (up to 16
hours Square Foot > 4,000 Hourly $ 2,784.00
PR-Bakery (up to 12 hours) Square Foot Up to 4,000 Hourly $ 2,088.00
PR-Bakery (up to 14 hours) Square Foot > 4,000 Hourly $ 2,436.00
PR-Catering/Production Kitchen (up to
13 hours) Hourly $ 2,262.00
PR-School (up to 10 hours) Hourly $ 1,740.00
PR- Commissary-mobile food facility
(MFF) (up to 12 hours) Hourly $ 2,088.00
PR-Carts Commissary (up to 7 hours) Hourly $ 1,218.00
PR-Minor Food Facility Remodel (up
to 6 hours) Hourly $ 1,044.00
PR- Single Equipment Change (up to
2 hours) Hourly $ 348.00
PR- Two Equipment Change (up to 3
hours) Hourly $ 522.00
PR- Three Equipment Change (up to
4 hours) Hourly $ 696.00
PR- Pool (up to 14 hours) Hourly $ 2,436.00
PR- Spa (up to 11 hours) Hourly $ 1,914.00
PR-Pool + 1 (up to 21 hours) Hourly $ 3,654.00
PR-Pool + 2 (up to 34 hours) Hourly $ 5,916.00
PR-Minor Pool/Spa Remodel (up to 6
hours) Hourly $ 1,044.00
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Small Water System Permits
Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
PR- Replastering or replacement of
tile/coping, handrail, ladder or steps
(up to 3 hours)
Hourly $ 522.00
PR- Deck or fence replacement (up to
3 hours) Hourly $ 522.00
Public Water System- Annual Permit
Non-Community, surface water system $1,392.00 No Change
Non-Community, non-transient surface water system $1,392.00 No Change
Non-Community, transient $ 510.00 No Change
Non-Community, non-transient groundwater $1,215.00 No Change
Non-Community, non-transient groundwater with
treatment $1,392.00 No Change
Community ground water system 15-24 connect. $1,392.00 No Change
Community ground water system with treatment 15-24 connect. $1,392.00 No Change
Community ground water system 25-99 connect. $1,392.00 No Change
Community ground water system with treatment 25-99 connect. $1,392.00 No Change
Community surface water system 25-99 connect. $ 682.00 No Change
Community ground water system 100-199
connect. $1,740.00 No Change
Community ground water system with treatment 100-199
connect. $ 851.00 No Change
Community surface water system 100-199
connect. $ 851.00 No Change
Local small water system $ 348.00 No Change
State small water system $ 522.00 No Change
Non-Community ground water system with food preparation $ 510.00 No Change
Non-Community ground water system with treatment $ 870.00 No Change
Non-Community ground water system, prepackaged food only No Fee No Fee
Public Water System – Plans Review
New Community water system $1,740.00 No Change
New Non-Community water system $1,740.00 No Change
Amended permit because of ownership change $1,218.00 No Change
Amended permit because of system change $2,610.00 No Change
Enforcement actions pertaining specifically to small water systems $174.00/hour No Change
Medical Waste
Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Health Care Service Plan Facility $ 1,770.00 No Change
Medical/Dental/Veterinary Clinic >200 lbs/month $ 922.00 No Change
Medical/Dental/Veterinary Clinic <200 lbs/month $ 101.00 No Change
Med/Dental/Veterinary Clinic with on-site treatment
systems <200 lbs/month $ 245.00 No Change
Med/Dental/Veterinary Clinic with on-site treatment
systems >200 lbs/month $ 515.00 No Change
Additional fee for large quantity generators with on-
site treatment $ 98.00 No Change
Primary Care Clinic $ 814.00 No Change
Intermediate Care Facility $ 507.00 No Change
Acute Psychiatric Care $ 469.00 No Change
Acute Care Hospital Beds 251+ $ 2,949.00 No Change
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Category Units Capacity Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Acute Care Hospital Beds 200-250 $ 2,433.00 No Change
Acute Care Hospital Beds 100-199 $ 1,930.00 No Change
Acute Care Hospital Beds 1-99 $1,580.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility >200 lbs/month $ 886.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility <200 lbs/month $ 214.00 No Change
Skilled Nursing Facility with on-site
treatment <200 lbs/month $ 318.00 No Change
Specialty Clinic >200 lbs/month $ 814.00 No Change
Clinical Lab >200 lbs/month $ 1,216.00 No Change
Clinical Lab <200 lbs/month $ 101.00 No Change
Clinical Lab with on-site treatment <200 lbs/month $ 318.00 No Change
Bio-Med Producer >200 lbs/month $ 1,171.00 No Change
Bio-Med Producer <200 lbs/month $ 305.00 No Change
Bio-Med Producer with on-site
treatment <200 lbs/month $ 318.00 No Change
Bio-Med Producer with on-site
treatment >200 lbs/month $ 1,378.00 No Change
Common Storage Facility Generators 50+ $ 886.00 No Change
Common Storage Facility Generators 11-49 $ 334.00 No Change
Common Storage Facility Generators 2-10 $ 318.00 No Change
Limited Quantity Hauling Exemption $ 118.00 No Change
Re-Inspection Fee $174.00 /hour No Change
Certification Application Fee $ 39.00 No Change
Tattooing, Body Piercing and Permanent Cosmetics Current Fees
Recommended
Fees
Facility – Tattoo/Body Piercing Permit $ 522.00 No Change
Facility – Permanent Cosmetics
Permit $ 522.00 No Change
Body Arts Practitioner
Registration/Permit $ 131.00 No Change
Body Arts Temporary Event Permit $ 213.00 No Change
Mobile Body Arts Permit $ 213.00 No Change
Body Arts Plan Review (4 hours) $ 696.00 No Change
Blood Borne Pathogen Trainer $ 193.00 No Change
On-site Wastewater Treatment
Systems Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Preliminary Investigation
Site evaluation $ 499.00 $ 609.00
Percolation test-contractor with staff review $ 499.00 $ 870.00
Soil profile evaluation $ 499.00 $ 696.00
Standard/Conventional Systems
Plan Review $ 386.00 $ 609.00
Construction Permit (includes Plan Review) $ 883.00 $ 2,009.00
Replacement Permit (includes Plan Review) $ 883.00 $ 2,009.00
Additional Plan Review $174.00/hour $ 174.00 /hour
Re-Inspection/Cancellation/Rescheduling
(without confirmed notice) $174.00/hour $ 174.00 /hour
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Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Alternative Systems
Plan Review $ 386.00 $ 1,044.00
Construction Permit (includes Plan Review) $ 1,260.00 $ 2,926.00
Replacement Permit (includes Plan Review) $ 1,260.00 $ 2,926.00
Additional Plan Review $ 174.00 /hour $ 174.00 /hour
Re-Inspection/Cancellation/Rescheduling $ 174.00 /hour $ 174.00 /hour
Annual Operation Permit $ 392.00 $ 392.00
Related Septic System Activities
Building Plan Review – Building Additions/ Remodel $ 386.00 $ 609.00
Septic Tank Abandonment Permit $ 396.00 $ 609.00
Minor Repair Permit $ 285.00 $ 570.00
Septic Tank Replacement $ 386.00 $ 1,193.00
Septic System Repair/ Alteration Permit $ 285.00 $ 1,117.00
General Building Plan Review $ 386.00 $ 435.00
Liquid Waste Transport
Sewage Pumper Company $ 675.00 No Change
Sewage Pumper Vehicle $ 200.00 No Change
Portable Toilet Pumper Vehicle $ 220.00 No Change
Wells and Soil Borings Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Soil Boring Permit (per parcel)
$ 537.00
$537.00 for one; $43.50
for each additional one
up to 10
Soil Boring Permit (per parcel) $972.00 for >10
Soil Vapor Probe Permit (per parcel)
$ 537.00
$537.00 for one; $43.50
for each additional one
up to 10
Soil Vapor Probe Permit (per parcel) $972.00 for >10
Geothermal Heat Exchange Well Permit Hourly $1,809.00
Cathodic Protection Well Permit $ 584.00 $609.00
Dewatering Well Permit (per parcel) $ 537.00 $617.00 up to 10 wells
Inclinometer Permit (per parcel) $ 537.00 $532.00
CPT Permit (per parcel)
$ 537.00
$487.00 for one; $43.50
for each additional one
up to 10
CPT Permit (per parcel) $922.00 for >10
Monitoring Well Permit $ 584.00 $609.00
Piezometer w/out Casing Permit (per parcel)
$ 537.00
$537.00 for one; $43.50
for each additional one
up to 10
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Current Fees Recommended
Fees
Piezometer w/out Casing Permit (per parcel) $972.00 for >10
Piezometer with Casing Permit $ 584.00 $553.00
Well Destruction Permit $ 360.00 $587.00
Destruction of Well when done at the same inspection of
replacement well No Fee No Change
Domestic Well Construction Permit $ 584.00 $1,209.00
Well Variance $ 213.00 $321.00
Site Evaluation per Well $213.00 $522.00
Irrigation/Ag Well Construction Permit $584.00 $1,209.00
Well Flow Test $499.00 $ 696.00
Annual Permit for Driller Conducting Shallow Hole Notification
Only
N/A $1,392.00
Shallow Hole Notification (per parcel) $537.00 $174.00
Subdivisions – Land Uses Projects
Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) report
reviewed for land use permits; rezoning; developmental plans;
EIR Review; Lot Line adjustments; and DCD variance requests
$ 174.00/hour No Change
Environmental Health review of DCD applications $ 52.00 No Change
1
Staff Report on the Determination and
Apportionment of Certain Environmental Health
Division Fees
Contra Costa County
Environmental Health Division
Date: November 21, 2014
Marilyn C. Underwood, PhD, REHS, Director
2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3
General Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Environmental Health Mandates and Fee Authority .................................................................................... 5
A. The Food Program............................................................................................................................ 6
i. Food Facility Operation Inspections ..................................................................................... 6
ii. Food Facility Plan Checks and Construction Inspections ...................................................... 6
iii. Cottage Food Operations ...................................................................................................... 7
B. The Recreational Health Program .................................................................................................... 7
i. Lakes and beaches ................................................................................................................ 8
ii. Public Swimming Pools/Spas ................................................................................................ 8
iv. Public Pool Plan Check and Construction Inspections .......................................................... 9
C. Housing and Institutions Program ................................................................................................... 9
i. Jails/Detention Facilities ....................................................................................................... 9
ii. Organized Camps .................................................................................................................. 9
D. Programs Related to Medical Procedures ..................................................................................... 10
i. Body Art .............................................................................................................................. 10
ii. Medical Waste .................................................................................................................... 11
E. The Land Use Program ................................................................................................................... 12
i. Land Development Project review ...................................................................................... 12
ii. Small Water Systems ........................................................................................................... 12
iii. Well Construction/Abandonment ....................................................................................... 14
iv. Liquid Waste ....................................................................................................................... 15
F. The Solid Waste Program ............................................................................................................... 15
Methodology Used to Develop EH Fees ..................................................................................................... 16
A. Field Inspector Time Analysis ......................................................................................................... 16
i. Beaches ............................................................................................................................... 18
ii. Plan Review ......................................................................................................................... 18
iii. Land Use .............................................................................................................................. 19
B. Necessity of Services and Reasonableness of Associated Costs .................................................... 20
C. Fee Apportionment ........................................................................................................................ 21
Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................... 21
Attachments A - D
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INTRODUCTION
This document addresses proposed fees to fund the Environmental Health Division (“Environmental
Health” or “EH”) of the Contra Costa County Health Services Department in 2015. The first part of this
document is an overview of laws that authorize Environmental Health to conduct specified activities and
collect fees to fund those activities. The second part discusses the data and methodology used to set
the fees.
In February 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Resolution No. 2013/26, adjusting fees that fund
the majority of EH programs. Staff is now proposing to adjust fees for plan reviews for and inspections
of construction work associated with food facilities and public swimming pools and the regulation of on-
site wastewater systems, septage haulers, wells and beaches. This report provides factual and legal
support for fee adjustments proposed in Resolution No. 2014/381.
GENERAL OVERVIEW
Environmental Health comprises a wide variety of programs designed to protect and promote the health
of the people of Contra Costa County by regulating food, drinking water, sewage disposal, solid waste
handling and other matters. Legal authority to operate these programs is derived from the Health and
Safety Code, Government Code, Public Resources Code, Water Code and California Code of Regulations
and the police power under the California Constitution.
Section 101030 of the Health and Safety Code requires the county health officer to enforce and observe,
in the unincorporated territory of his county, all of the following:
(a) Orders and ordinances of the board of supervisors, pertaining to the public health and
sanitary matters.
(b) Orders, including quarantine and other regulations, prescribed by the State Department
of Health Services.
(c) Statutes relating to public health.
Authority for the county health officer to provide health services within incorporated areas is found in
Section 101375 of the Health and Safety Code, which provides that when the governing body of a city in
the county consents by resolution or ordinance, the county health officer shall enforce and observe in
the city all of the following:
(a) Orders and quarantine regulations prescribed by the State Department of Health
Services and other regulations issued under the provisions of the Health and Safety
Code.
(b) Statutes relating to the public health.
Eighteen cities and towns in Contra Costa County have affirmed by resolution to have the county health
officer perform these services.
Additionally, state regulations require local health departments to offer certain basic services in order to
qualify for specified state funding, including the following environmental health and sanitation services
and programs:
Food.
Housing and institutions.
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Radiological health in local jurisdictions contracting with the State Department of Health
Services to enforce the Radiation Control Law pursuant to Sections 25600-25654 and Sections
25800-25876 of the Health and Safety Code.
Milk and dairy products in local jurisdictions maintaining an approved milk inspection service
pursuant to Section 32503 of the Food and Agriculture Code.
Water oriented recreation.
Safety.
Vector control.
Waste management.
Water supply.
Air sanitation.
Additional environmentally related services and programs as required by the County Board of
Supervisors, City Council, or Health District Board.
And may include land development and use.1
Environmental Health carries out some but not all of these services and programs. There are no
commercial dairies in the county; thus, there is no milk and dairy program here. As allowed by state law,
all 19 cities have opted to oversee the housing code in their jurisdictions. In the unincorporated area,
most housing oversight is carried out by the Department of Conservation and Development (DCD). A
separate vector control district was established by the County to carry out vector control. Air quality is
regulated by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. In Contra Costa County, the state retains
responsibility for radiation programs.
In addition to carrying out health officer duties, Environmental Health is the state-certified Local
Enforcement Agency (LEA)2 and in that capacity provides oversight of solid waste activities. LEA
functions are part of the EH Solid Waste Program. Staff assigned to the Solid Waste Program also
perform duties concerning waste tires, stormwater, and body art. The waste tire program is state-
funded, and the stormwater program is funded via a memorandum of understanding with the Contra
Costa County Public Works Department. The LEA solid waste activities are funded by tipping fees applied
to solid waste that is generated.
Environmental Health also provides medical waste disposal oversight. Other Environmental Health
functions include the regulation of facilities that provide tattoos, piercings, brandings, or other
permanent cosmetics, and cottage food operations.
The Health and Safety Code provides the following general fee authority:
1 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, §§ 1275 & 1276., subd. (e).
2 Correspondence from Myron H. “Skip” Amerine, REHS, Permitting, California Integrated Waste
Management Board to Charles Nicholson, Contra Costa County. Dated July 27, 1992. Subject: Issuance of
Certification(s) to and Approval of the Designation for the Contra Costa County Health Services
Department, Division of Environmental Health as the Local Enforcement Agency for the Jurisdiction of
Contra Costa County.
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Whenever the governing body of any city or county determines that the expenses of the
local health officer or other officers or employees in the enforcement of any statute,
order, quarantine, or regulation prescribed by a state officer or department relating to
public health, requires or authorizes its health officer or other officers or employees to
perform specified acts that are not met by fees prescribed by the state, the governing
body may adopt an ordinance or resolution prescribing fees to pay the reasonable
expenses of the health officer or other officers or employees incurred in the
enforcement, and may authorize a direct assessment against the real property in cases
where the real property is owned by the operator of a business and the property is the
subject of the enforcement. The schedule of fees prescribed by ordinance or resolution
shall be applicable in the area in which the local health officer or other officers or
employees enforce any statute, order, quarantine, or regulation prescribed by a state
officer or department relating to public health.3
The Board of Supervisors has made the determination set forth in the above statute. This means that
when the health officer is required or authorized to enforce state requirements, and fees set by statute
are not sufficient to fund those efforts, the Board of Supervisors is authorized to prescribe fees to cover
the reasonable costs incurred in doing so. Contra Costa County Ordinance Code section 413-3.204
provides that fees prescribed in the Ordinance Code “will help pay the health officer’s reasonable
expenses incurred in such enforcement.”
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANDATES AND FEE AUTHORITY
A prerequisite to the imposition of fees under Health and Safety Code section 101325, cited above, is
either a state mandate or state authorization for Environmental Health to perform the services and
provide the programs that are to be funded by fees. Fees that are not imposed under that statute must
be authorized by either a different statute or by a County ordinance. This section of the report
describes the activities conducted by Environmental Health, the statutory mandates or authorizations
pertaining to that work, and the authority to impose and collect fees to pay for that work.
EH staff carries out the following activities:
Review construction plans and other documents.
Conduct inspections of permitted activities and construction.
Pursue corrective and enforcement action when out of compliance activities are observed or
confirmed.
Develop departmental policies and guidelines and update existing policy memorandums as
necessary.
Analyze proposed legislation and regulations as part of coordinated local jurisdiction effort.
Investigate all complaints, identify appropriate action or refer to appropriate agency, and follow
up with complainant describing steps taken.
Respond to inquiries from clients, Board of Supervisors and their staff, other agencies and
stakeholders in a timely manner, usually within one day.
3 Health & Saf. Code, § 101325.
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Conduct outreach and education activities to decrease the need for enforcement and promote
environmental health responsibilities.
Prepare for and respond to emergency incidents and provide for public and environmental
protection and public safety.
Other activities are unique to particular programs. Below is a description of those activities.
A. THE FOOD PROGRAM
The Food Program consists of four elements:
1. Food facility operation inspections
2. Food facility plan checks and construction inspections
3. Water vending machines, retail water facilities, and water haulers
4. Cottage food operations
No fee adjustments are proposed in the first, third and fourth program elements for 2015. New fees are
proposed for food facility plan checks and inspections.
i. FOOD FACILITY OPERATION INSPECTION S
Food facilities in Contra Costa County are required to obtain an operating permit from Environmental
Health. 4 Food facilities include food establishments, vending machine businesses, taverns, cocktail
lounges, bars, snack bars, commissaries, cart commissaries, food catering, special events food booths,
school cafeterias, itinerant food facilities, retail food markets, roadside food stands, food salvagers,
retail food vehicles, mobile food preparation units, bakeries, incidental retail food markets, and certified
farmers' markets.5 Environmental Health issued operating permits to more than 4,400 food facilities in
2014.
In addition to routine inspections of food facilities, Environmental Health has authority to impound food,
equipment, or utensils that are found to be, or suspected of being, unsanitary or in such disrepair that
food, equipment, or utensils may become contaminated or adulterated, and inspect, impound, or
inspect and impound any utensil that is suspected of releasing lead or cadmium in violation of Section
108860.6
ii. FOOD FACILITY PLAN CHECK S AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS
Food facilities that are built or remodeled may not be placed in operation without first receiving a
permit to operate, which is issued by Environmental Health upon the satisfactory completion of
construction.7 State law establishes construction standards and plan submittal and review requirements
applicable to food facilities. The law requires the local health agency to review the plans for new and
4 Health & Saf. Code, § 114381.
5 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.604.
6 Health & Saf. Code, § 114393.
7 Health & Saf. Code, § 114380.
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remodeled food facilities within 20 working days after receipt.8 The goal in Environmental Health is to
complete food facility plan reviews and either approve or reject plans within 15 working days.
Staff assigned to this element also evaluates cooking equipment as to the need for and type of
mechanical ventilation to be provided9 and the acceptability of new types of food equipment to be used
for use in restricted food service facilities.10
iii. COTTAGE FOOD OPERATIONS
Cottage food operations are enterprises that involve the preparation or packaging of specified foods in
private residences and have gross annual sales that do not exceed statutory maximums. A Class A
cottage food operation may engage only in direct sales to consumers, while Class B operations may
engage in either direct sales to consumers or indirect sales through third party retailers.11 All cottage
food facilities must comply with requirements pertaining to sanitation and food labeling and workers
must receive regular food processing training.12
A Class A cottage food operation must be registered with the local enforcement agency, but is not
subject to initial or routine inspections.13 Inspections may be made only if a consumer complaint has
been made.14 If an inspection is made and a Class A cottage food operation is found to be in violation,
the local enforcement agency has authority to seek recovery from the operation of an amount that does
not exceed the agency’s reasonable inspection costs.15 Environmental Health is the local enforcement
agency as to cottage food operations in its jurisdiction.
A Class B cottage food operation must obtain a permit from the local enforcement agency and is subject
to a yearly inspection.16
B. THE RECREATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM
The Recreational Health Program consists of three elements:
1. Lakes and beaches
2. Public swimming pools/spas
3. Public swimming pool plan check and construction inspections
Fee adjustments are proposed in the first and third elements.
8 Health & Saf. Code, § 114380, subd. (e).
9 Health & Saf. Code, § 114149.1, subd. (c).
10 Health & Saf. Code, § 114130, subd. (c).
11 Health & Saf. Code, § 113758.
12 Health & Saf. Code, § 114365.2.
13 Health & Saf. Code, § 114365, subds. (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(C)(i).
14 Health & Saf. Code, § 114365, subds. (a)(1)(C)(ii)).
15 Health & Saf. Code, § 114365, subd. (a)(1)(C)(iv).
16 Health & Saf. Code, § 114365, subd. (a)(2)(B)(i)-(ii).
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i. LAKES AND BEACHES
The purpose of this program element is to enforce sanitation standards at public beaches as defined in
Health and Safety Code section 115875, subdivision (a). The health officer is charged with testing the
waters adjacent to, and coordinating the testing of, all public beaches within his or her jurisdiction.17
This can be done by utilizing test results from other parties conducting microbiological contamination
testing of these waters.18 EH staff, which have been delegated the health officer’s duties regarding
public beaches, fulfills this duty by reviewing bacteriological sampling results.
The health officer is also required to, at a minimum, post a beach with warning signs to inform the
public when the beach fails to meet the bacteriological standards.19 Other duties include inspecting the
beaches for compliance with state sanitation standards pertaining to certain bacteria and other
microbiological indicators, investigating complaints of violations of those standards, informing the
agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of the beach whenever a beach is posted, closed
or otherwise restricted, establishing a telephone hotline to inform the public of beaches currently
closed, posted or otherwise restricted, reporting violations to the district attorney or city attorney, as
applicable, testing waters adjacent to the beach in the event of a known untreated sewage release, and
closing recreational waters adjacent to a beach in the event of an untreated sewage release that
reaches those waters.20
EH staff also reviews plans and specifications for the construction, reconstruction or alteration of public
beach sanitation facilities.21
ii. PUBLIC SWIMMING P OOLS/SPAS
Persons operating or maintaining a public swimming pool22 must do so in a sanitary, healthful and safe
manner.23 The health officer is authorized to inspect the sanitary condition of public swimming pools24
and a condition at a public swimming pool that constitutes a nuisance may be abated or enjoined.25
An environmental health permit is required to operate public swimming pools, including spas. 26
Environmental Health issues approximately 2,200 annual permits to operate public swimming pools in
Contra Costa County. The Ordinance Code requires payment of a fee for an annual operating permit.27
17 Health & Saf. Code, § 115880, subd. (e).
18 Health & Saf. Code, § 115880, subd. (f).
19 Health & Saf. Code, § 115915, subd. (a).
20 Health & Saf. Code, § 115885, subd. (a)(1)-(7).
21 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, § 7980.
22 Public swimming pools include any public swimming pools, bathhouse, public swimming and bathing
place and all related appurtenances. (Health & Saf. Code, § 116025.)
23 Health & Saf. Code, § 116040.
24 Health & Saf. Code, § 116055.
25 Health & Saf. Code, § 116063.
26 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.604.
27 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.802.
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iv. PUBLIC POOL PLAN CHECK AND CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS
New public pools may not be placed in operation without first receiving a permit to operate. Operating
permits for new, reconstructed or altered pools are issued by Environmental Health upon the
satisfactory completion of construction. The health officer is authorized to enforce building standards
applicable to public swimming pools.28
The purpose of this element is to enforce state laws and regulations pertaining to the design,
construction and inspection of new pools. Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations establishes the
standards for design and construction of pool facilities. The regulations require construction,
reconstruction or alteration of swimming polls in compliance with plans approved by the “enforcing
agent,”29 which is either the health officer of environmental health director or their designated
representatives.30 The regulations authorize inspections to be scheduled and conducted by the enforcing
agent at three phases of construction.31 A pool may not be opened to public without written approval by
the enforcing agent.32
C. HOUSING AND INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM
The Housing and Institutions Program currently consists of two elements:
1. Jails/detention facilities
2. Organized camps
No fee adjustments are proposed in these elements.
i. JAILS/DETENTION FACILITIE S
The county health officer is required to inspect health and sanitary conditions in every county jail and
every other publicly-operated detention facility in the county at least annually.33 Deficiencies are
reported to the responsible city/county officials and to the State Board of Corrections. Under this
statute, EH staff inspects 10 city detention facilities, four Superior Court temporary holding facilities,
three adult detention facilities, and two juvenile detention facilities.
ii. O RGANIZED CAMPS
The local health officer is required to enforce building standards relating to organized camps.34 An
organized camp is “a site with program and facilities established for the primary purpose of providing an
outdoor group living experience with social, spiritual, educational, or recreational objectives, for five
28 Health & Saf. Code, § 116053.
29 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 24, §§ 3103B.1, 3104B.
30 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, 65501, subd. (d).
31 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 24, § 3105B.
32 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, § 65511; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 24, § 3105B.
33 Health & Saf. Code, § 101045.
34 Health & Saf. Code, § 18897.4.
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days or more during one or more seasons for the year.“35 State regulations require organized camps to
be free or protected from of hazards such as large numbers of inspects and venomous snakes and
uncontrolled poison oak.36 Organized camps must have an adequate and dependable supply of potable
water, handwashing facilities adjacent to flush toilets, showers when campers are present three or more
consecutive days and nights, and toilets.37 Housing must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe
and sanitary condition.38 Food facilities must comply with the California Retail Food Code39.and
swimming facilities must be designed and constructed in accordance with specified requirements.40
There are two organized camps in Contra Costa County. Environmental Health is now in the process of
developing this program element. As part of this element, EH plans to require a camp to submit an
annual written notice of intent to operate, and a written verification of American Camp Association
accreditation or written description of operating procedures for organized and supervised activities of
the camp (including an emergency plan).
No inspection requirement is stated in the laws or regulations, but the need to inspect is clearly implied.
EH is proposing to inspect each organized camp twice a year for year-round and once a year for seasonal
operations.
D. PROGRAMS RELATED TO MEDICAL PROCEDURES
Programs related to medical procedures consist of two elements:
1. Body art
2. Medical waste
No fee adjustments are proposed in these elements.
i. BODY ART
State law prohibits a body art facility from conducting business without a valid health permit issued by
the local enforcement agency41 and requires body art practitioners persons who perform body art to
register with the local enforcement agency and, if they practice at temporary body art events, obtain all
necessary permits to conduct business, including a valid permit from the local enforcement agency.42
The sponsors of temporary body art events must also obtain permits from the local enforcement
35 Health & Saf. Code, § 18897, subd. (a).
36 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, § 30702.
37 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, §§ 30712, 30713, 30714.
38 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, § 30722, subd. (a).
39 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 17, § 30730.
40 Cal Code Regs., tit. 17, § 30740.
41 Health & Saf. Code, § 119312.
42 Health & Saf. Code, § 119306, 119317, subd. (h).
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agency.43 The Health Officer /their designee the Environmental Health Director is the local enforcement
officer.44
Under state laws, the local enforcement agency may conduct inspections, impound unsafe instruments,
review a facility’s infection prevention and control plan to evaluated whether it meets state law and is
being followed, issue citations, and secure samples, photographs, or other evidence from a body art
facility, or any facility suspected of being a body art facility.45
A local enforcement agency may establish reasonable regulatory fees for registering body art
practitioners46 and issuing permits47in an amount that does not exceed, but is sufficient to cover, the
costs of administration of the program
ii. MEDICAL WASTE
Local agencies may implement a medical waste management program by the adoption of an ordinance
or resolution. In 1991, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 91/27, implementing a medical
waste management program. Environmental Health has been assigned to carry out this program as the
local enforcement agency. The purpose of this program is to protect the health of the public, health
care facility personnel, and landfill personnel from exposure to medical wastes containing potentially
communicable pathogenic organisms.
Medical waste generators are categorized based on the amount of medical waste they generate per
month and whether they treat the waste on site or not. Large quantity generators, which generate 200
or more pounds of medical waste in any 12-month period, and small quantity generators, which
generate less than 200 pounds of medical waste per month and treat their waste onsite by specified
technologist, must register with the enforcement agency 48 and file a medical waste management plan.49
EH staff processes and reviews medical waste management plans.50 EH staff inspects approximately 50
large quantity generators every year51 and biennially inspects approximately 12 small quantity
generators that treat medical waste onsite.52 EH also conducts triennial inspections of approximately
1,350 registered, small quantity generators that do not treat onsite.53
43 Health & Saf. Code, § 119308, subd. (a).
44 Health & Saf. Code, § 119300.
45 Health & Saf. Code, § 119319.
46 Health & Saf. Code, § 119306, subd. (b)(7).
47 Health & Saf. Code, § 119312, subd. (b)(2), 119317.5, 119318, subd. (a).
48 Health & Saf. Code, § 117680, 117760, 117890, 117895, 117955.
49 Health & Saf. Code, § 117935, 117960.
50 Health & Saf. Code, § 117820.
51 Health & Saf. Code, § 117965.
52 Health & Saf. Code, § 117938, subd. (a).
53 Health & Saf. Code, § 118335
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The local enforcement agency may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, the registration and permit
fees necessary to pay its reasonable expenses to administer this program.54 Per County ordinance, an
annual environmental health operating permit is required for medical waste generators.55
E. THE LAND USE PROGRAM
The Land Use Program Consists of four elements:
1. Land development project review
2. Small water systems
3. Well construction/abandonment
4. Liquid waste
Adjusted fees are proposed in the third and fourth program elements.
i. LAND DEVELOPMENT P ROJECT REVIEW
The purpose of this element is to protect against health hazards and environmental degradation that
might result from land development projects. Counties are required to deny approval of subdivisions if
their design is likely to cause serious public health problems or substantial environmental damage.56
The great majority of public health and environmental problems associated with land use projects can
be prevented if they are identified, evaluated and mitigated in the planning stage. Therefore, it is
essential that there be environmental health participation and input during the processing of such
projects by the County and cities. EH reviews documents submitted by DCD, city planning departments
and other agencies for proposed site plans, subdivision proposals, zone changes, use permits, general
plan amendments, environmental impact reports, and sewage disposal system and water system
designs, to name a few.57 If, in the initial review, EH identifies that the project may have public health
implications which require EH oversight, a more thorough review is completed and comments are
submitted to the requesting agency. In particular, the proposed land development will be reviewed for
compliance with laws, regulations, and ordinance requirements regarding domestic water supply and
sewage disposal.
ii. SMALL W ATER SYSTEM S
The goal of this element is to protect public health and prevent disease by assuring that domestic water
served by water systems that serve more than two parcels and less than 200 parcels is safe, potable and
available in adequate quantity and protected against contaminating backflow. Among other duties, staff
assigned to this element reviews the required bacteriological and chemical water test results for state
small water systems.58
54 Health & Saf. Code, § 117825.
55 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.604.
56 Gov. Code, § 66474, subds. (e) & (f).
57 CCC Ord. Code, 420-6.511.
58 Cal. Code Regs., tit. 22, §§ 64212-66213.
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The state has delegated responsibility to the county health officer under Health and Safety Code section
116330 to administer and enforce state laws pertaining to public water systems that serve fewer than
200 connections. This is referred to as a “local primacy” delegation. Environmental Health, which has
been assigned to perform these duties, is known as a local primacy agency (LPA). As an LPA,
Environmental Health regulates the following three types of public water systems:
Community water systems: Serve at least 15 service connections used by yearlong
residents or regularly serve at least 25 yearlong residents of the areas served by the
system.59 Examples might be systems serving a mobile home park or residential subdivision.
In 2014, EH permitted 37 community water systems.
Nontransient noncommunity water systems: Regularly serve 25 or more of the same
persons over six months per year and is not a community water system.60 Examples might
be systems that serve a school or business. In 2014, EH permitted 10 non-transient non-
community systems.
Transient noncommunity water systems: Noncommunity water systems that do not
regularly serve 25 or more of the same persons over six months per year.61 Examples might
be systems that serve a restaurant, campground or church. In 2014, EH permitted 48
transient noncommunity water systems, six of which used surface water as the source.
Public water systems serving fewer than 1,000 connections must also pay an annual drinking water
operating fee to either the state or the local primacy agency, as applicable, to cover costs incurred
mandated activities relating to inspections, monitoring, surveillance and water quality evaluation as well
as costs incurred pertaining to orders and citations, public notifications and hearings.62 Fees may not
exceed the actual costs to the LPA related to the public water system assessed the fees.63 A public water
system that requests an exemption, variance, or waiver is also required to reimburse the local primacy
agency for any costs incurred processing the request.64
In addition to performing the duties of a local primacy agency, Environmental Health regulates two
other types of water systems, as follows:
State small water systems: These systems provide piped drinking water to the public and serve
at least five but not more than 14 service connections and do not regularly serve drinking water
to more than an average of 25 individuals daily for more than 60 days out of the year.65
Examples might be a system that serves a subdivision of eight homes. The local health officer
59 Health & Saf. Code, § 116275, subd. (i).
60 Health & Saf. Code, § 116275, subd. (k). A noncommunity water system is a public water system that
is not a community water system. (Health & Saf. Code, § 116275, subd. (j).)
61 Health & Saf. Code, § 116275, subd. (o).
62 Health & Saf. Code, §§ 116565, subds. (b) & (e), 116595.
63 Health & Saf. Code, § 116590, subd. (e).
64 Health & Saf. Code, § 116595, subd. (c).
65 Health & Saf. Code, § 116275, subd. (n).
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enforces the minimum requirements pertaining to state small water systems.66 The reasonable
costs of the local health officer in enforcing these requirements may be recovered through the
imposition of fees on state small water systems in accordance with Health and Safety Code
section 101325.67
Local small water systems: “Local small water system” is the informal name given to the
remainder of the water systems regulated by Environmental Health – namely, small water
systems68 that have two to four service connections. An example is a system that serves two
residences on separate parcels.
The County Ordinance Code requires persons proposing to install, construct or operate a small water
system to apply to the health officer for approval of the water source and utility system and pay
appropriate fees.69 The health officer may then conduct the necessary investigation and/or site
evaluation of the proposed or existing system.70 Upon approval of the completed installation of the
water system, the health officer issues a water supply permit and a public health license to operate the
system.71
Annual operating permits are required for all small water systems.72 Fees for the application, issuance,
and renewal of environmental health permits are set by the Board by resolution.73
iii. WELL CONSTRUCTION /ABANDONMENT
The well construction/abandonment element employs a preventive approach to protect against
chemical and bacterial contamination of groundwater and protect people from safety hazards
associated with improperly constructed or abandoned wells.
The County Ordinance Code requires every person proposing to dig, drill, bore or drive any water well,
or rebore, deepen, cut new perforations in, or seal the aquifers of any existing well, to apply for and
obtain a permit to do the work.74 The Ordinance Code also requires abandoned wells to be destroyed in
accordance with state standards.75
66 Health & Saf. Code, § 116340.
67 Health & Saf. Code, § 116340, subd. (c).
68 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.221.
69 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.401, subd. (a).
70 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.403.
71 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.401, subd. (c).
72 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.604.
73 CCC. Ord. Code, § 413-3.1212.
74 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.801, subd. (a).
75 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.809.
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When first installed, a domestic water well must also demonstrate water quality and water quantity
adequacy.76
Fees are due at time of filing for or requesting an investigation, test, inspection, or permit.77
iv. LIQUID WASTE
The purpose of this element is to protect the health of the public and environment from the improper
disposal of sewage from on-site wastewater treatment systems and greywater systems. Under California
law, this is accomplished through the evaluation and permitting of onsite wastewater treatment
systems,78 greywater systems79 and septage haulers.80 This element is linked to the well
construction/abandonment element. Improper disposal of wastewater can result in significant
groundwater and health problems, including vectors, odors and exposure to pathogens.
The following are activities specific to the Liquid Waste element:
Maintain records of septage haulers and chemical toilet service companies.
Evaluate and permit greywater disposal systems.
Work with the Regional Water Quality Control Board to keep the local onsite sewage program in
compliance with the Basin Plan.
Evaluate new methods of onsite wastewater treatment systems.
Evaluate and permit onsite wastewater treatment systems.
A permit is required to repair, relocate, install or construct an onsite wastewater treatment system81
and fees are due at time of filing for or requesting an investigation, test, inspection, or permit.82 An
annual environmental health permit is required for septic tank-chemical toilet cleaners.83
F. THE SOLID W ASTE PROGRAM
State law authorizes local agencies to enforce requirements pertaining to solid waste facilities and solid
waste handling and disposal if they are designated by the governing body and certified by the state as a
local enforcement agency (LEA).84 In 1992, the Board of Supervisors designated the Health Services
Department as the LEA, and Environmental Health was then certified by the state as the LEA in Contra
Costa County. Environmental Health also acts as the LEA in 18 cities.
76 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.601.
77 CCC Ord. Code, § 414-4.1201.
78 CCC Ord. Code, § 420-6.501.
79 CCC Ord. Code, § 78-2.002, subd. (b); Cal. Code Regs., tit. 24, § 203, 1601.3.
80 Health & Saf. Code, § 117405.
81 CCC Ord. Code, § 420-6.501.
82 CCC Ord. Code, § 420-6.701.
83 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.604.
84 Pub. Resources Code, § 43200 et seq.
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Currently, LEA staff oversees seven full permit facilities, one registration facility, and eight notification
sites. The full permit and registration sites must be inspected monthly, while notification sites are
inspected as needed.
The LEA may prescribe, revise, and collect fees or other charges from each operator of a solid waste
facility or from any person who conducts solid waste handling if the local governing body having
ratesetting authority has approved rate adjustments to compensate the solid waste hauler or solid
waste facility operator for the amount of the fee or charges imposed pursuant to this section.85
Currently, a solid waste fee is collected based on tonnage.86 The fee may also be based on the volume or
type of solid waste or on any other appropriate basis. No change in this fee is proposed at this time.
METHODOLOGY USED TO DEVELOP EH FEES
Environmental Health fees, which cover costs associated with issuing permits, conducting inspections
and administrative enforcement activities, are regulatory fees.87 As regulatory fees, they may be
imposed by the Board of Supervisors.
Regulatory fees are fees charged in connection with regulatory activities that “do not exceed the
reasonable cost of providing services necessary to the activity for which the fee is charged and which are
not levied for unrelated revenue purposes.”88 A local agency imposing a regulatory fee, or any other
type of levy, charge or exaction, must establish that it is not a tax, that the amount is no more than
necessary to cover the reasonable costs of the government activity and that the manner in which those
costs are allocated to a payor bear a fair or reasonable relationship to the payor’s burdens on, or
benefits received from, the governmental activity.89
A. FIELD INSPECTOR TIME ANALYSIS
At the base of salary expense is the time spent by field staff conducting those activities in each program
area. EH field staff account for their time using commercially available software developed for managing
administrative, financial, and technical information of environmental health programs. For each day of
paid time, the field inspector enters data to account for the type of work (termed service code (SC))
conducted for each facility/permit or for a general category not tied to a facility/permit. Data entered by
the inspector are tied to a program element (PE) and a service code (SC), and a facility/permit.
Fees are primarily set at the PE level. EH work is broken down into PEs based on the type of unit of work
or facility type. EH work can be broadly described as falling into two types: unit work for which there is a
beginning and an end and work that is conducted annually, usually year after year. All plan review work
and most land use work is described as unit work for which there is a beginning and an end. Most food
facility, pool, body art, medical waste, permit work is conducted in yearly increments. PEs are further
broken down in certain program areas based on the type of facility. For instance, inspection and plan
check for retail food facilities have a program element for many different types of fixed food facilities,
85 Pub. Resources Code, § 43213.
86 Resolution No. 88/783.
87 Cal. Const., art. XIIIC, § 1, subd. (e)(3).
88 Sinclair Paint Co. v. State Bd. of Equalization (1997) 15 Cal.4th 866, 876.
89 Cal. Const., art. XIIIC, § 1, subd. (e).
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e.g, small restaurant, large grocery store, bakery. Similarly, land use has different PEs based on the type
of work being proposed, e.g., drilling of soil boring, well destruction, soil profile evaluation for a
proposed on-site wastewater treatment system (OWTS). There are PEs for staff time used in general
program development, training, division and team meetings, and time off for each program area.
Within each PE, the field staff further assigns their time using service codes (SCs). For instance, for the
annual permitting programs, when conducting a routine inspection of a food facility, pool or beach,
body art, medical waste generator, solid waste facility, the SC “002” is used and the time is linked to a
particular facility/permit. For the unit work done in plan review and land use entails, the following
typical activities: review of the application and proposed work, comments to applicant if changes or
additional information is needed, inspection at proscribed times in the project, and final approval, and
each the time for each activity has its own SC that the staff assign their time.
Some of the SCs are used when an inspector is not working on a particular project unit or facility.
Inspectors attribute time to certain division-wide activities such as emergency operations, training-
public, official meeting, training-inservice, and staff meeting. In addition, each work day, the inspector’s
are expected to spend the first two hours of the day (typically, 7AM to 9AM) in the office to be available
for office visits, returning phone calls, and to conduct paperwork including recording the previous day’s
activities in the software system. This activity is captured as office activity. Field staff time attributed to
a program area general PE (e.g., General Land Use, Well General) is distributed amongst the PEs within
that EH program area based on the total time that particular PE requires compared to the other PE s for
that EH team. Field staff time attributed to General Environmental Health is distributed across all
program area groupings based on size of that program grouping compared to all programs.
The data used to develop the fee for a particular PE is based on the time recorded for certain SCs that
are linked to a particular facility or project unit. In the subsequent sections, we will describe how the SCs
are grouped by a particular program area and provide the base time for each PE in each program area
relevant to those programs for which fees are being adjusted with this resolution.
Under current County ordinance, exemptions from paying environmental health permit fees exist for
someone who is legally blind90 or is a veteran that was honorably discharged91or to a religious or
charitable organization.92 A more narrow exemption for honorably discharged veterans is described in
state law for those individuals desiring to peddle, sell, and vend.93 There have been no exemptions filed
by anyone who is blind. In the past, EH gave exemptions to schools and other government entities
though not exempted in the ordinance. We discontinued this practice with the fee adjustments
approved in February. We have included revenues from the fees charged to annual permits of public
beaches.
The following sections describe the time analysis approach for the development of fees for the annual
public beach permit, plan review of new or remodeled food facilities and public pools, and Land Use
programs.
90 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.1002
91 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.1006
92 CCC Ord. Code, § 413-3.1004
93 Business and Professions Code, § 16102.
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i. BEACHES
EH enforces state law that requires inspection of “public beaches”. Contra Costa County has two such
beaches, both operated by East Bay Regional Parks.
EH’s goal is to inspect each public beach twice a year. The time to conduct two routine inspections and
the report writing associated with that inspection is the base of the permit fee. Facility-specific non-
inspection time and program administration and development (General Recreational Health and some
under General Environmental Health) is time weighted distributed across all recreational health
facilities, including the beach program.
ii. PLAN REVIEW
The inspectors that conduct plan review, do so for both food facility and public pool construction and
remodeling. The fee for each activity is based on the time needed to complete the project.
EH enforces state law that requires plan review approval for new construction and remodeling of a food
facility, and inspection and approval that food facility is built to those approved plans. The time needed
to develop the plan review fee is based on a review of food facility plan review activities for an eleven
year period from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2013. The fee is based on the time needed to conduct the
following steps initial plan review, write plan review denial letter, plan check follow-up, write plan
approved letter, conduct pre-final and final inspections, and grant permit to operate.
EH enforces state law that requires plan review approval for new construction and remodeling of a
public pool (including spa and other water play structures), and inspection and approval that the public
pool is built to those approved plans. The time needed to develop the fee is based on a review of public
pool plan review activities for an eleven year period from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2013. The fee is based
on the time needed to conduct the following steps initial plan review, write plan review denial letter,
plan check follow-up (SC 024), write plan approved letter (SC 027), conduct a pre-gunite inspection (SC
250), conduct a pre-plaster inspection (SC 252), conduct final inspection and grant permit to operate (SC
028).
Changes of equipment related to food preparation (ovens, refrigerators and freezers, deep fat fryers,
etc) do not need to be submitted for review if it is like for like. However, if the equipment change is not
like for like or for a change of one finish material, then an application for plan review needs to be
submitted, reviewed, and approved. An inspection is not typically warranted, and thus the fee is based
on just the review time in the office. Similarly, fees for a second and third piece of equipment change-
out and/or finish material that all occur at the same time are based on office review and approval of the
changes only. If an on-site inspection is needed, that is charged at the hourly rate. For changes to four or
more pieces of equipment or a remodel that is not as extensive as a major remodel, ie a minor remodel,
the fee is based on plan review and inspection time. A minor remodel consists of work that requires
permanent plumbing, drainage, or direct electrical connections, or installation in, or the modification of,
existing structure to accommodate the new equipment, or the extensive replacement of finishes such as
wall, floor or ceiling materials or lighting fixtures. Anything more extensive than a minor remodel of a
food facility is considered a major remodel which takes the same amount of time for review and
inspection time as does a new construction.
Fees for changes to public pools such as re-plastering including the replacement of tile and coping,
handrail, ladder, and step replacements and replacement of the fence or deck are based on plan review
and a final inspection.
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iii. LAND U SE
The inspectors that work in the Land Use team conduct both on-site wastewater treatment system and
well program work. Most of the work conducted by the Land Use team is project unit based work. The
exception to this is the annual permitting of alternative treatment on-site wastewater systems and
wastewater haulers. The time needed to develop the fee is based on a review of Land Use activities for a
one year period from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012. The activity time spent on each of these programs
(on-site wastewater treatment system, well, and wastewater hauler) that serves as the base of the fees
for each of these programs differs slightly and are explained separately in the following sections. There
is also time associated with facility-specific and general program development activities that differ
within each of these programs, and is thus distributed within a specific program and not distributed
across all the programs. General Land Use and General Environmental Health Time are distributed using
a time weighted approach across the programs.
O N -S ITE W ASTEWATER T REATMENT S YSTEM
EH oversees the construction and repair of individual on-site wastewater treatment systems per state
law and County Ordinance Code to ensure proper disposal of wastewater so not to negatively ?affect
public health.
New construction of an on-site wastewater system involves several steps, each of which an applicant
applies to EH individually: site evaluation, soil profile, percolation test, plan review, and the construction
application permit. This step-wise approach was set-up this way because an applicant may not complete
the project perhaps because it is not a suitable project, and thus the applicant would only incur costs for
those completed activities. Or the applicant may need a longer period of time to complete the process
of design and then construction, and thus the fees are timely based on the activity pattern.
Plan review and a variance request fees are based on office review time. Development of fees for site
evaluation, soil profile, and percolation test are based primarily on the time it takes in the field for tho se
activities. The construction or replacement permit fee for a conventional system is based on several field
inspections, generally at the following points: a stakeout of the system to ensure proper set -backs, open
trench with gravel in a pile, and final. Plan review and a variance request fees are based on office review
time. Alternative systems take more time because of the complexity of the systems in both plan review
and additional construction inspections.
Septic tank abandonment, replacement, and minor repair fees are based on the time it has taken to
conduct the permit review in the office and one field inspection. The basis of the annual operating
permit for an alternative on-site wastewater treatment system is office review of the submitted reports
and one field inspection.
The fee for the annual operation permit for an alternative system is based on the time it takes to review
the report and one field inspection.
W ELLS
Under state law and County Ordinance Code, EH protects groundwater by overseeing all drilling into the
subsurface. Shallower drilling may not encounter groundwater; however that cannot always be
predicted as groundwater levels vary over time and the true depth of a drilling operation does not
always follow the submitted plan. When drilling into or through groundwater, EH oversees the
construction of the well and will destructions to ensure each water zone is appropriately sealed off from
other water bearing zones and surface contamination. When a hole is drilled and it does not encounter
water, it is important it is destroyed correctly, so as not to provide a preferential pathway of surface
contamination to the subsurface.
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The development of fees for wells using casing including monitoring, cathodic protection, dewatering,
inclinometer, and piezometers with casing wells are based on the time it takes to review the permit
application, observe the construction in the field and finalizing the permit when the well driller report is
received. Geothermal heat exchange, domestic supply, and agricultural/irrigation wells are special types
of wells with casing, the construction of which takes more time to review and there are more field
inspections needed, so the fee is based on a greater amount of inspector time. The development of fees
for wells/holes that do not include the use of casing including soil borings, soil vapor probes, CPT probes,
and piezometers without casing are based on the time it takes to review the permit application (SC 363),
observe the destruction in the field, and finalizing the permit when the well driller report is received.
The variance request fee is based on office review time. Development of the fees for well flow test is
based on the time it takes in the field for those activities.
The development of the fee for the annual drilling permit is 8 hours of inspector time (3, 2 hour visits
and two hours of office time). The basis of the fee for a soil boring permit in an area where no
groundwater/contamination is anticipated to be encountered is 45 minutes of inspector review time of
the application, and 15 minutes of review time associated with the application.
W ASTEWATER H AULERS
Under state law and County Ordinance Code, EH oversees sewage pumper trucks. The development of
the fees for the pumper truck annual permit is the time it takes to review the permit applications and
the field inspection of the truck.
B. N ECESSITY OF SERVICES AND REASONABLENESS OF ASSOCIATED COSTS
Environmental Health’s fee-funded programs provide services that are either mandated or authorized
by state law or County ordinance. As a matter of public policy, these services have been determined to
be necessary to protect public health. The time spent on activities that are conducted in order to
provide those services – most of which is spent on mandated inspections -- is also necessary, and the
costs to fund those activities are reasonable.
As previously mentioned above, all field staff account for their time spent on facility inspections by using
commercial software developed for the Environmental Health programs.
Projected operating expenses include staff salaries and benefits, services and supplies, Indirect
Administration, and County overhead costs. Assumptions were made to allow for additional staffing,
and step increases for the established employees were factored in. The total of service and supply costs
for the entire Environmental Health Division is projected to be $931,197 in Fiscal Year 2014-2015.
Service and supply expenses are allocated to the different programs based on the percentage of Salaries
& Benefit cost of each program to the entire Division. The amounts allocated to each program are
shown in Attachment B.
Indirect administration expenses are Health Services Department overhead costs. They include the
costs of the Office of the Director to oversee the various divisions within the department, costs of the
Contracts and Grants Division to assist in preparing contracts and grants, costs of the Information
Systems Division, which assists with computer equipment and software, costs of the Payroll and
Personnel Division and costs of the Finance Division. Each division within the Health Services
Department is allocated a portion of these projected costs, based on the percentage derived by dividing
the total division budgeted expenses by the department expense budget. These services are essential
parts of the day to day operations of the department and its various divisions. The amount projected to
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be allocated to the Environmental Health Division for 2014-2015 is $576,674. The amounts allocated to
each program are shown in Attachment B.
County overhead costs include those incurred by the County Administrator’s Office in overseeing the
Health Services Department. Included are costs incurred in the preparation of department or division
agenda items for the Board of Supervisors, development of policies concerning the department or its
divisions, labor negotiations, staffing Board committees to which Environmental Health reports and
assisting with Environmental Health’s reports to these committees. County overhead also includes costs
incurred by other County departments that perform services for the Health Services Department or its
divisions. They include Human Resources Department costs associated with contract negotiations with
represented personnel, hiring personnel, developing policies, and handling grievances. Also included
are the costs of services provided by the Auditor-Controller, Public Works Department, General Services,
County Counsel and the Department of Information Technology. As with indirect administration costs,
county overhead costs are essential to the day to day administration of the Environmental Health
Division. For Fiscal Year 2014-2015, it is projected that a total of $59,405 will be allocated to the
Environmental Health Division. The amounts allocated to each program are shown in Attachment B.
C. FEE A P PORTIONMENT
Fees in all of the Environmental Health programs are calculated based on the amount of time projected
to be spent performing the service for which the fee is charged, with the exception of the solid waste
tonnage fee, which is not proposed for adjustment. Thus, for example, if it takes an average of one hour
to inspect a restaurant, the operating permit fee will be based on the fully burdened cost of one hour of
a specialist’s time. In this way, the fees are tied directly to the burden that each payor has on the
particular program. 94 That rate is calculated to be $174 per hour as shown in Attachment C.
CONCLUSION
Based on the above analysis, staff has determined that (1) the services to be provided by Environmental
Health in 2015 are necessary, and the associated costs are reasonable to fund those services; (2) the
projected expenses of Environmental Health in 2015 are a reasonable estimate of the costs
Environmental Health will actually incur in 2015; (3) the fees for the five fee-funded programs are set at
a level sufficient to fund but not exceed the costs of the respective programs; and (4) the proposed fees
have been reasonably apportioned based on the payors' burdens on those programs.
Staff therefore recommends adoption of Resolution No. 2014/381, adopting revised fees for
Environmental Health, effective January 1, 2015.
94 Cal. Assn. of Prof. Scientists v. Dept. of Fish and Game (2000) 79 Cal.App.4th 935, 945; Pennell v. City of
San Jose (1986) 42 Cal.3d 365, 375; United Business Com. v. City of San Diego (1979) 91 Cal.App.3d 156,
166.
Proposed Fee Adjustments
PE Description
Estimated Annual
Number of Units
Average Hours
per Unit
Current Fee @
$174/hr
New Fee @
$174/hr
PLAN REVIEW:
PR-INCIDENTAL RETAIL FOOD MKT 8 7.0 $1,218
PR-RETAIL MARKET < 2000 SQ FT 20 10.0 $1,740
PR-RETAIL MARKET 2000-3999 7 13.0 $2,262
PR-RETAIL MARKET >4000 SQ FT 1 16.0 $2,784
PR-RETAIL MARKET >6000 SQ FT 13 16.0 $2,784
PR-TAVERN/COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR 2 11.0 $1,914
PR-RESTAURANT 0-25 SEATS 40 11.0 $1,914
PR-RESTAURANT 26-49 SEATS 25 12.0 $2,088
PR-REST 50-149 SEATS 26 15.0 $2,610
PR-RESTAURANT 150+ SEATS 8 17.0 $2,958
PR-SNACK BAR 4 11.0 $1,914
PR-CATERING/PRODUCTION KITCHEN 1 13.0 $2,262
PR-SCHOOL 10 10.0 $1,740
PR-MINOR REMODEL (OF A FOOD FACILITY)77 6.0 $1,044
PR-BAKERY < 4000 SQ FT 4 12.0 $2,088
PR-BAKERY >4000 SQ FT 1 14.0 $2,436
PR-COMMISSARY- VEHICLE 1 12.0 $2,088
CARTS COMMISSARY 0 7.0 $1,218
PR-POOL 13 14.0 $2,436
PR-SPA 1 11.0 $1,914
PR-POOL + 1 7 21.0 $3,654
PR-POOL + 2 1 34.0 $5,916
RECREATIONAL HEALTH:
BEACH ANNUAL OPERATING PERMIT 2 3.3 $579
LAND USE:
CONV. SEPTIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION PERMIT 8 $883 $2,009
CONVENTIONAL REPLACEMENT 3 $883 $2,009
ALTERNATIVE SEPTIC SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION 10 $1,260 $2,926
ALTERNATIVE SEPTIC SYSTEM OPERATING PERMIT 194 $392 $392
SEWAGE HOLDING TANK $386 $1,193
SEPTIC SYSTEM REPAIR OR ALTERATION PERMIT 19 $285 $1,117
ALTERNATIVE REPLACEMENT 1 $1,260 $2,926
SEPTIC TANK ABANDONMENT PERMIT 75 $396 $609
SEPTIC TANK REPLACEMENT 1 $386 $1,193
SEPTIC MINOR REPAIR PERMIT 1 $285 $570
SITE EVALUATION 4 $499 $609
SOIL PROFILE EVALUATION 32 $499 $696
PERCOLATION TEST - STAFF PERFORMED 6 Hourly
PERCOLATION TEST - CONTRACTOR W/ STAFF REVIEW 12 $499 $870
BUILDING PLAN REVIEW- BUILDING ADDITIONS/REMODEL 110 $386 $609
CONVENTIONAL SEPTIC SYSTEM PLAN REVIEW 3 $386 $609
ALTERNATIVE SEPTIC SYSTEM PLAN REVIEW 1 $386 $1,044
SEPTIC SYSTEM PUMPER VEHICLE 17 $220 $220
SEWAGE/LIQUID WASTE PUMPER COMPANY 13 $675 $675
PORTABLE TOILET PUMPER VEHICLE 22 $220 $220
GREASE PUMPER VEHICLE $220 $220
VAULT WASTE PUMPING 1 $264 $264
SEPTIC WASTE HAULING ONLY $220 $220
SOIL BORING PERMIT (PER PARCEL)334 $537 $537
SOIL VAPOR PROBE PERMIT (PER PARCEL)$537 $537
GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXCHANGE WELL PERMIT $0 $1,809
CATHODIC PROTECTION WELL PERMIT $584 $609
DEWATERING WELL PERMIT (PER PARCEL)4 $537 $617
Attachment A
Proposed Fee Adjustments
PE Description
Estimated Annual
Number of Units
Average Hours
per Unit
Current Fee @
$174/hr
New Fee @
$174/hr
INCLINOMETER PERMIT (PER PARCEL)2 $537 $532
CPT PERMIT (PER PARCEL)24 $537 $487
MONITORING WELL PERMIT 178 $584 $609
PIEZOMETER W/OUT CASING PERMIT (PER PARCEL)$537 $537
PIEZOMETER W/ CASING PERMIT In fee resolution it says per 53 $584 $553
WELL DESTRUCTION PERMIT 467 $360 $587
DOMESTIC WELL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT 44 $584 $1,209
WELL VARIANCE 68 $213 $321
SITE EVALUATION / WELL (Up to 2 hours)3 $213 $522
IRRIGATION / AG WELL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT $584 $1,209
WELL FLOW TEST (Up to 2.5 hours)2 $499 $696
INDUSTRIAL WELL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT $584 $1,209
SHALLOW HOLE NOTIFICATION (per parcel)34 $537 $174
$0 $1,392ANNUAL PERMIT FOR DRILLER CONDUCTING SHALLOW
HOLE NOTIFICATION ONLY
Attachment A
EH Projected Expenses for Fiscal Year 14‐15EHDescriptionSolid Waste 5880Medical Waste 5880Waste Tire 5881LandUse 5884Recreational Health 5885Retail Food 5886Plan Review 5887 Total ProgramsSalaries and Benefits 1,221,367 183,042 170,254 1,065,280 967,311 3,772,536 470,7417,850,531Services and Supplies148,992 18,624 18,624 121,054 83,808 437,663 102,432931,197Indirect Administration92,268 11,533 11,533 74,968 51,901 271,037 63,434576,674County Overhead9,505 1,188 1,188 7,723 5,346 27,920 6,53559,405Total1,472,132 214,387 201,599 1,269,025 1,108,366 4,509,156 643,1429,417,807EH Projected Revenue for Fiscal Year 14‐15EHDescriptionSolid Waste 5880Medical Waste 5880Waste Tire 5881LandUse 5884Recreational Health 5885Retail Food 5886Plan Review 5887 Total ProgramsFines & Penalties -93005,0004,500 23,000 180,000212,500Intergovernmental Revenue-950025,000201,599226,599Health Inspection Fees-96001,010,000 209,3871,259,525 1,065,366 4,306,000 643,1428,493,420Misc. Revenue- 98005,000 20,000 23,15648,156Total1,035,000 214,387 201,599 1,269,025 1,108,366 4,509,156 643,1428,980,675Over / under(437,132)00 0 0 0 0(437,132)Attachment B
Total work Hours/ Year2080Each inspector's workable hours1,642 Hours (see table)Personal Holiday taken-42Total number of FTE's performing inspections in all programs28.5Holiday‐80Flex Time taken-5Total workable hours for 28.5 FTE46,797 Hours **Holiday Comp Hrs. takenvacation-114Monthly salary of a Health Inspector$7,672sick time-87Taxes/ benefits$4,6321751Monthly S&B of a Health Inspector $12,304days217Annual S&B of a Health Inspector $147,648daily breaks109Total productive work hours/ Year1642 78.97%Total Annual S&B for 28.5 inspectors$4,207,968Hourly Cost of an inspector (Total Annual S&B Cost / Total workable Hours)$90Overhead cost:Sups/ clerical S&B$2,666,849Service & Supplies$763,581Indirect Cost$472,874County Overhead$48,712Total Overhead Cost$3,952,016Hourly Cost of Overhead (Total Overhead cost / Total workable Hours)$84Total$9,417,807$174** This total number of workable hours excludes the hours of those employees that are covered by other Program Revenues/ Grants, such as LEA and Waste Tire.Hourly Rate CalculationAttachment C
Estimated Revenue Increase:Estimated Current LandUse Revenues charged at current rate:971,198Estimated New Land UseRevenues at the proposed rate:319,220Estimated New Rec. Health Revenues at the proposed rate:1,158 Estimated New Plan Review Revenues at the proposed rate:38,110 Estimated increase in Revenues:358,488Attachment D
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