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Kittitas County Public Health Department To Protect and Promote the Health and the Environment of the People of Kittitas County Joint BOCCBOH Public Hearing Meeting Minutes May 17, 2018 Commissioners' Auditorium 10:00 Present Board of Health (BOH): Laura Osiadacz, Rich Elliott, Paul Jewell, John Asriel M.D. Absent: Obie O'Brien Board of Health Advisory Committee {BOHAQ: Angela San Filippo (City of Ellensburg), Nancy Pfieffer (CHOW) Public Health: Candi Blackford, Mark Larson, Robin Read, Holly Erdman, Erin Moore, Will Schwab, Tristen Lamb, Amy Fuller, Lianne Bradshaw, Kelsie Severson Others: Mark Nelson, Jerry Pettit, Kelly Hunter Meeting called to order at 10: 04 a.m. Laura Osiadacz called the meeting to order and noted that this is a public hearing to Joint BOCC/BOH Public Hearing to consider the 2018 Kittitas County Public Health Fee Schedule and Code Changes to Chapter 13. Robin Read stepped to the microphone and noted that in 2016 the Kittitas County Public Health Department adopted the county's new fee calculation methodology that calculates fees using actual cost of service. The fee methodology was used to calculate the 2017 fees. Much of the staff time data was based on estimates due to there not being a system in place to track time spent on actual fee services. A new time tracking system was implemented in December 2016. A full year's worth of data was pulled in January 2018 and analyzed with staff. The fee model was also updated with current labor and non -labor costs. The proposed fee changes are based on full cost recovery for environmental health programs and community health fees. Cost recovery, as well as the current market for community health services, were considered when proposing new fees. Ms. Read reviewed changes to the fee policy and to the fee schedule, and would like to request approval of the 2018 Kittitas County Public Health Fee Schedule with the amendment presented. Open Public Comment at 10:14 a.m. The commissioners presented questions to the health department about how the fee methodology was developed and why. Ms. Read answered all questions.