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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />February 25, 2015 <br />Page 2 <br />members should review the 3-4 applications assigned to them by email, record scores <br />on the scoring card by email, and then send the scoring cards back to Dr. Bridger by <br />March 20th. 56 agencies submitted funding requests with an increase in funding <br />requests of approximately half a million dollars. <br /> <br />The BOH members had no questions. <br /> <br /> <br />VI. Reports and Discussion with Possible Action <br /> <br />A. W ell and On-site Wastewater Rule Changes - Vote <br /> <br />Alan Clapp reported on changes to Onsite Wastewater and Groundwater rules resulting <br />from legislative changes and the Phillips-Osborne lawsuit. The changes included in the <br />packet are the final rules but did not change since the first reading at the January 21st <br />meeting. The Chair, Susan Elmore, read a letter from the Board of Health to the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners from 2011 reflecting a long history of working to help <br />educate the public on the importance of the Board of Health Rules specific to <br />wastewater treatment. <br /> <br />The BOH members had several questions that were addressed by Alan Clapp, <br />Environmental Health Director and Dr. Bridger. <br /> <br />Motion was made by Corey Davis to accept the proposed Board of Health WTMP <br />Rule changes as outlined in the abstract, seconded by Liska Lackey and carried <br />without dissent. <br /> <br /> <br />B. FY 2015-2016 Annual Operating Budget <br />C. FY 2015-2016 Fee Schedule <br /> <br />Note: the Board discussed items B and C together with the discussion of fee changes <br />coming before the actual budget discussion. <br /> <br />Dr. Bridger facilitated a discussion about the proposed fee changes, touching briefly on <br />new fees and proposed increases for Personal Health and Dental Health but <br />concentrated on the proposed Environmental Health on-site wastewater and well fees. <br />Dr. Bridger noted that the BOH originally requested that staff determine the true cost to <br />provide these services during the FY 2014/2015 budget discussion. The last time a <br />comprehensive cost study was done in Environmental Health was in 2006 . The most <br />recent cost study found that the Health Department is charging on average 66% of the <br />actual costs to provide these services. <br /> <br />Three options for fee increases were discussed: 1) no fee increase; 2) an increase of <br />33% to reach full cost recovery, and 3) a phased-in full cost recovery over three years at <br />starting with an 11% increase this year. The third option was recommended by staff