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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. \/7M QCs ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 19, 1994 SUBJECT: State Funding for Environmental Health, Food and Lodging DEPARTMENT: HEALTH PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: HEALTH DIRECTOR'S OFFICE X2411 (1) Notification of Funding TELEPHONE NUMBER: (2) Local Health Department Budgets Hillsborough -732-8181 (3) Contract Amendment Chapel Hill -968-4501 Mebane -227-2031 Durham -688-7331 PURPOSE: To accept state funding in support of the Environmental Health, Food and Lodging Programs through the consolidated contract with the Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources. BACKGROUND: Through the consolidated contract, the state has provided $6,000 annually for the Environmental Health Department. In addition the state collects fees for food and lodging inspections. An initial allotment of $750 to each local health department is supplemented mid-year by an additional allocation based on county compliance with mandated inspections of food and lodging facilities. These funds have not been processed until now pending a final decision on the waste water treatment operating systems program. However the deadline for submitting the contract amendments is rapidly approaching,, therefore these funds must be accepted now. The $6,000 will be used to offset county funding for Environmental Health salaries. The county budget already includes $3,000 for food and lodging. The balance from the total food and lodging allocation of $4,900 is $1,900 which will be used to provide a scanner and related software for the Environmental Health Department. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the fund be accepted and the Chair be authorized to sign the budget forms and the contract amendment.