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Page 5 <br />recommended so as to not discourage citizens from requesting <br />testing of any suspected drinking water source. <br />Two other fees are included in the recommended fees which have been <br />adopted by the Health Board but not by the Board of Commissioners. <br />These include Chemical Water Sample (which is recommended at the <br />same level as the bacteriological water sample with the same <br />rationale for the recommendation) and Pesticide/ Petroleum Water <br />Sample. Each of these fees was adopted by the Board of Health at a <br />rate consistent with the current fee structure. <br />The total estimated annual increased revenue from Environmental <br />Health fees as recommended is estimated to be just under $32,000. <br />This estimate may perhaps be low, in that it is based on the units <br />of service provided in 1990 -91. The recent upturn in building <br />activity will likely increase the amount of actual revenue. <br />A complete description of each of the services as outlined in Table <br />2 is included in the Appendix. <br />COMPARISON TO SURROUNDING COUNTIES <br />The fees for each of the surrounding counties, including Alamance, <br />Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Person and Wake are shown in Table 3. In <br />some cases, such as operations permit in Durham County, or swimming <br />pool inspections in Wake County, the scope of the inspections in <br />these counties is different than the service provided in Orange <br />County, making a direct comparison less meaningful. <br />As can be seen, although the fees vary from county to county, the <br />fees as proposed in this report are in line with those fees charged <br />by other counties. <br />