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Adopt Resolution amending Article I.e. of the Monterey County Master Fee Resolution effective July 1, 2012, 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.
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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, 2012, 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. the 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 analysis of certain inspection activities by EH staff has shown that the cost of providing the services significantly exceeds the costs that can be recaptured by existing fee categories. Staff made use of accurate daily activity reports, routinely recorded by inspectors throughout the prior year, to analyze time spent completing certain inspection types. The results support the requested adjustments as appropriate.
For these undervalued services, new fee categories 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. The proposed fees are only to help recapture costs associated with the specifically related regulatory service for which the fee is imposed, not to supplement the County costs of any non-fee generating services or activities:
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