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Departmental Supplies ($100) <br /> S-15 * EHS Description — Describe, in detail, the service delivery impact of the <br /> proposed reduction/change. <br /> The Quality Assurance-Program Improvement Program currently includes customer <br /> satisfaction surveys and supervisory field reviews of staff work. While some elements of <br /> the program would remain, these cuts would eliminate the supervisory field review <br /> portion of the program and customer satisfaction survey mailings. This has the <br /> potential to: <br /> • impair the ability to assure compliance with rules, regulations, and production of <br /> quality documentation. <br /> * inhibit the ability to identify the need for program improvements. <br /> • reduce the opportunity for feedback and response to customer needs. <br /> • increase the likelihood of errors in permit documentation that could lead to litigation <br /> or claims against the county. EH Specialists are required to exercise judgments • <br /> where errors may lead to losses ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. <br /> O affect a favorable re-accreditation of the health department. <br /> S-16 * EHS -- Proposal (Provide a brief description of the service change) <br /> Eliminate Response to Community Concerns About Environmental Issues, Environmental <br /> Complaints with No Formal Program Mandate, and Radon Testing Services for Water and <br /> Air. <br /> • <br /> S-16 * EHS -- Fiscal Impact (This number should correspond to the amount <br /> included on the department's budget request excel spreadsheet) <br /> Reduction of$5,750: <br /> Postage ($200) <br /> Motor Pool ($1,000) <br /> Printing ($250) <br /> Departmental Supplies ($300) <br /> Educational Supplies ($1,000) <br /> Contract Services ($3,000) <br /> S-16 * EHS -- Description — Describe, in detail, the service delivery impact of the <br /> proposed reduction/change. <br /> • Examples of past responses to Community Concerns about Environmental Issues <br /> include: Mill Creek Road area study, concerns over biosolids activities, groundwater <br /> sampling surveys, Governor's Grove area survey. <br /> • Examples of past responses to Complaints without a Formal Program Mandate <br /> include air quality complaints, mold consultation visits, bedbug complaints, and <br /> vector control concerns (rats, mice, roaches, mosquitoes, etc.). <br /> • The Health Department would be unable to fulfill its responsibility to respond to <br /> communities and citizens who have health concerns related to environmental <br /> conditions. Citizens concerns may go unanswered and public health risks may go <br /> 42 <br />