Department
Finance
Requested Action (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Public Hearing to accept and consider public comments regarding modifications to the Fee Schedule for the Environmental Health Division of the Fulton County Board of Health; and Request approval of such Modified Fee Schedule previously approved by the Fulton County Board of Health. (CONDUCTED/APPROVED)
PUBLIC HEARING CONDUCTED
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Requirement for Board Action (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
O.C.G.A 31-3-4(a)(6) provides in part that “No fees for environmental health services may be charged unless the schedule of fees for such services has been approved by the county governing authority.”
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Open and Responsible Government
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Is this a purchasing item?
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Summary & Background (First sentence includes Agency recommendation. Provide an executive summary of the action that gives an overview of the relevant details for the item.)
Scope of Work: The Finance Department, as a conduit for the Board of Health to obtain the governing authority’s approval required by state law, recommends approval from the Board of Commissioners of the Updated Fee Schedule for Environmental Health Services provided by the Fulton County Board of Health, as approved by the District Health Director and the Board of Health at the October 27, 2021 regular board meeting. The Fee Schedule Revisions serve to (1) add fees for new inspection and review activities the Board of Health provides for new modalities of food service such as pop-up restaurants, food trucks, and the like; (2) remove fees for services the Board of Health no longer provides such as private swimming pool inspections; (3) combine certain services into more easily understood categories to improved client understanding and to provide better customer service; (4) to modestly increase fees below the cost of living increases in the area to continue to support the ability of the division to hire enough staff to provide the services throughout the county; and (5) reorganize the chart to improve a customer’s ability to search the document and locate the appropriate categories of applicable fees.
Community Impact: Improve clarity of fees for customers, modernize the types of fees to fit the new modalities of food service, and provide modest fee increases to support full staffing to maintain regular and timely inspections and responses to complaints in the county.
Department Recommendation: Approve
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