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Public Health Study Session <br />September 25, 2019 <br />10:OOam <br />Commissioners Conference Room <br />Attendees <br />Commissioners: Brett Wachsmith, Cory Wright <br />Public Health: Kim Shilley, Tristen Lamb, Erin Moore, Jesse Cox <br />Others: Lisa Young <br />Department Business <br />202❑ Fees — Draft & Cost Recovery Discussion <br />Tristen Lamb handed out a draft of the 2020 fee schedule. Ms. Lamb stated that the department will <br />implement the new fee schedule in January instead of May at the request of both stakeholders and the <br />Board. Tristen shared the areas of increases and decreases of fees based on the County's fee model, <br />time study, and 100% cost recovery. Tristen also discussed the possibility of charging only 50% cost <br />recovery to school inspection fees, since they continue to increase substantially and not all Local Health <br />Jurisdictions (LHJs) require or charge for that service (as of 2018, only 9 of 35 LHJs were inspecting <br />schools). Both Commissioners present, Brett Wachsmith and Cory Wright, gave direction to keep the <br />fees at a 100% cost recovery. <br />2020 Preliminary Budget, Continued <br />Ms. Lamb presented the commissioners with the second round of Health Department's Preliminary <br />2020 Budget. Ms. Lamb shared the difference between round one of the preliminary budget vs. round <br />two, which mostly reflects changes in our FTE, Services & Charges and Admissions Tax allocations. <br />Opengov budgets $250,000 admissions tax revenue, and Ms. Lamb requested direction on how to <br />budget for Admissions Tax (total revenue vs. codified designated amount for the department, or some <br />other value). Commissioners Wachsmith and Wright suggested revaluating the Admissions Tax code <br />based on the three years' worth of data now available, and potentially change the amount designated to <br />Public Health. <br />Department Staffing u date re uests <br />HP Supervisor <br />Chelsey Loeffers was selected for this position and will start on October 15` <br />Assessment Coordinator <br />With Amy Fuller leaving at the end of December, Tristen Lamb plans to reclassify Lianne Bradshaw as <br />Assessment Coordinator as soon as possible. Ms. Bradshaw has a Master's in Public Health, is currently <br />a part of the department's assessment division, and is very data oriented. <br />