Title
Adopt a resolution amending Article I.E. of the Monterey County Master Fee Resolution effective July 1, 2013, to add and adjust certain fee categories relating to oversight and services provided by the Health Department’s Environmental Health Bureau pursuant to the attached Fee Schedule.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve a resolution amending Article I.E. of the Monterey County Master Fee Resolution effective July 1, 2013, to add and adjust certain fee categories relating to oversight and services provided by the Health Department’s Environmental Health Bureau pursuant to the attached Fee Schedule.
SUMMARY:
Environmental Health is proposing amendments to Article I.E. of the Monterey County Master Fee Resolution to add and adjust certain fee categories relating to Environmental Health (EH) oversight and services. The new fee categories and adjustments of existing fees reflect the time analysis and recapture of costs associated with certain inspections, without exceeding the reasonable and actual costs of those services and the benefits received by the recipient.
DISCUSSION:
Time studies of inspection activities by EH staff make use of accurate daily activity reports, routinely recorded by inspectors throughout the prior year, to analyze time spent completing certain inspection types. For one particular program, time analysis has shown that the cost of providing the services during FY 2013-14 would be less than the amount of revenue that would be generated by the current fee structure for that program. That imbalance is addressed in these proposals. Also, staff has used time studies for similar programs to develop an estimated expenditure and revenue balance for a new program. New fee categories and fee amounts for that program are proposed to recover as close to, while not exceeding, 100% of the associated costs of the regulatory service for which the fee is generated. And EH staff has also ...
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