2016-12-15-minutes-public-hearing-to-consider-the-2017-public-health-fee-schedule

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Board of Health Minutes December 15, 2016 2 of 4 • A refund processing fee has been added to the fee schedule Ms. Read also briefly discussed the following fee adjustments: • Annual Potable Water Storage/Cistern Water Test Results Review: The reason for the drastic increase in this fee is due to code changes that require quarterly water testing instead of annual and more department oversight in order to allow self -hauling for the cistern program. The work load for this activity increased over what was included in the original fee • Mitigation Packages A and B: This fee changes the internal department fees, there is no increase in cost to the public • Metering fee: The metering fee will not change and uses a different methodology than the rest of the fees due to the fact that it is an annual fee that incorporates costs that are spread out over time: this fee has been removed as they are duplicated fees • OSS Redesign Submittal (different designer): This is a new fee due to the time analysis for this activity being higher than with the same designer • RE -inspections: Re -inspection fees for food establishments and pools and spas will now have their own re -inspection fee separate from each other • Solid Waste Renewal Application permit fee Ms. Read noted that there have been some concerns with the Famer's Market permit.fee and would like to put this through our quality improvement process. Ms. Read would like to see if we can come up with a more appropriate and affordable permit for the famers market since it doesn't really follow the permits level/categories we have currently. Paul Jewell noted the significant increase in the Farmer's Market Permit fee for 2017 and asked if each vendor is required to have its own market permit. Will Schwab noted that each vendor is required to have its own permit through the city and then are required to obtain a market permit from the health department and the food types vary from eggs/vegetables/fruits to preparing and serving food. There was discussion about what the inspections at the farmer's market entails and why farmer's market permits are different than seasonal permits. Ms. Myers stepped to the microphone and noted that the quality improvement plan will allow the department to look at inspection needs for the farmer's market and possible different levels of services. Ms. Read also noted that the department is holding off doing school inspections. With the increase in fees for 2017 and the possibility of state funding for school inspections, the health department will hold off on inspections until this is decided. Commissioner Jewell noted the county background on the fee methodology and explained that the county met with a consultant to develop the new fee methodology. This has since been in Community Development Services and has been widely accepted by the Homebuilder's Association. It is now county requirement to have all departments use the new fee methodology. Laura Osiadacz asked how many people were notified of fee changes, and the health department noted that they sent notifications out to as many stakeholders as possible via email list serves and put notifications in the paper. Commissioner Jewell noted that the Adequate Water Supply is going down; is that due to data? Ms. Read responded yes. Some on-site sewage is also dropping, some is increasing; Mr. Jewell asked if this is again, due to data? Ms. Read responded- yes, but also some of the work is being done with improved efficiencies. Public testimony opened up at 10:32am Matthew Cox, Kittitas County resident and Farmer's Market board member, stepped to the microphone. Mr. Cox noted that he has paid the past fee of $180.00 for the farmer's market and it seemed that the fee was extreme for selling eggs and frozen meat products that already have to go through USDA process and