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ATTACHMENT 6 13 <br />Health -Proposed New Environmental Health Specialist <br />Average Service Response Time Comparison with Three Demographically Similar Counties <br />The earlier report to the Board included a comparison of Orange County average service response time <br />with nine other counties surveyed. The chart below shows that information along with the demographic <br />information for the three most demographically similar counties. <br />County 1997 Total <br />County <br />Population Outside Cities <br />& Towns <br />Population Growth** <br />1990 -1997 Projected <br />Growth ** <br />1998 - 2008 Average Days <br />Response <br />Time* <br />Alamance 119,820 47,218 10.70% 9.50% 8 <br />Cabarrus 116,502 40,925 17.80% 17.40% 15 <br />Pitt 124,395 50,733 14.70% 15.40% 10 <br />Orange 107,253 43,913 14.30% 16.70% 22.7 <br />Three County <br />Average 120,239 46,292 14.40% 14.10% 11.0 <br />*Time between application receipt and issuance or denial of a septic permit <br />**From the North Carolina Office of State Planning <br />Orange County Outcome With Addition of Environmental Health Specialist: <br />Reduce Average Response Time to 15.5 Days <br />Environmental Health Fee Revenue <br />Septic 173,256 214,770 188,925 206,140 <br />Swimming Pool Inspections 2,760 3,800 4,100 4,800 <br />Water Sam les 7,335 6,190 7,325 6,780 <br />Tattoo Establishments 300 300 400 200 <br />Waste Water Disposal Inspections - 5,720 3,605 4,000 <br />Total Fee Revenue $250,330 $293,335 $275,090 $306,570 <br />*In addition to fee revenue, Environmental Health receives revenue from the State. For <br />1998-99 this is estimated at about $10,000. <br />Note: Environmental Health fee revenue funds about 80 percent of the cost of <br />environmental health well and septic programs. <br />