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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: February 28, 2018 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: FY 2018-19 Budget Request <br /> <br />Attachment(s): Budget Request & Summary <br /> <br />Staff/Board Member Reporting: Quintana Stewart <br /> <br />Purpose/Recommended Action: ___ Action/Approve <br /> _X_ Action/Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners <br /> ___ Information with possible action <br /> ___ Accept as information <br /> ___ Revise & schedule for future action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />The proposed FY 2018-2019 budget for the Health Department presents an increase in <br />expenditures of $150,750 from the FY 18-19 Base Budget; $97,364 of which are expenditure <br />increases related to increases in permanent staffing (1.0 FTE Dental Hygienist, full supported <br />by fees for service) and temporary staffing (Environmental Health Specialist, Graphic <br />Designer, Dentist, and Foreign Language Interpreter).The remaining $53,386 of the <br />expenditure increase is related to service levels increases for the Family Success Alliance and <br />enhanced medical services. This also includes budget increases approved during the FY 17- <br />18 budget process for the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions (FIT) and Youth Tobacco grants. <br />Staff projects a $150,750 increase in revenues for FY 18-19, which will fully offset the <br />expenditure increase. The Health Department will request level county funding for FY 18-19. <br /> <br />The proposed total budget is $10,251,749. <br /> <br /> <br />New Staff Requests <br /> <br />The Health Department requests a 1.0 FTE Dental Hygienist, which will decrease patient wait <br />times for routine cleanings from nine months to the industry standard of care of six months. <br />This position will be fully funded by self-pay, Medicaid, and Commercial Insurance <br />reimbursements for our fees for services. The department also requests to make our time <br />limited 1.0 FTE Property Development Tech a permanent employee, funded by Environmental <br />Health fees for services. Finally, the department requests to have an ongoing line item for <br />Environmental Health Specialist temporary employees. The EHS temps used in the current <br />fiscal year to help with an increased number of WTMP inspections have also helped decrease