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Slide #10 <br /> Human Services <br /> • Health Department—page 265 <br /> Total Expenditure E u dget-$10,7M,71 d <br /> —535,000 increase in nea County Goad comperedi.Bsea Budget <br /> • Recommended Budget Changes <br /> —Exempt ham 64v opa*ellorn nducoan <br /> —y433,47e for Regianel P—Wm SuppodTesm for Inie.s.n Prevsnaon <br /> EducaAloe—Offset by Swe rm~ <br /> —37001ncnaseforcoaracted0wool Hyglo" <br /> R—ge oA—m.resd Community HeeBh services Diivio <br /> •CamWw Heaah Pmmoz and Educakm Min Famlly SvcaefeAlllente, <br /> home vlslhng,and can meimgement <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 1 u ivaan c umo>_mrw <br /> Commissioner McKee exited the meeting at 7:14 p.m. <br /> Slide #11 <br /> Human Services <br /> • Health Department—page 265 <br /> - Recommended Budget Changes <br /> —$11,000 net s..ings mdscondxm Wwb—ber Tm t—i Progmm that <br /> dupk.%%mgdred want-Mr+apec11- <br /> -335,ODOlncr m for Er FWumotsldeagehcy Oudgo4"InHoMhOpermant— <br /> ARPA Funded <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 11 NONTf[GLrt()L[Nw <br /> Travis Myren said the Wastewater Treatment Program will be discontinued. He said this <br /> program previously required an inspection every 5 years, which duplicated other required <br /> inspections. He said this change will result in operating savings for the County, and also saves <br /> residents an additional fee. <br /> Chair Price asked if another department was doing the Wastewater Treatment Program <br /> previously. <br /> Travis Myren said Environmental Health was doing the inspections, and it was on top of <br /> what the regular inspections required. <br /> Chair Price clarified that the duplication was not caused by two entities doing the same <br /> work without knowledge, rather that the inspections were being done too often. <br /> Travis Myren answered yes. <br /> Quintana Stewart, Health Director, said the program has been around for the past 20 <br /> years or so, and staff found that by following the manufacturer's maintenance schedule for <br /> those systems, it can reduce a cost burden for residents. She said 90-97% of the systems that <br /> were inspected were in compliance and working. She said the other inspection was an <br /> additional effort to maintain safety and public health measures, but really is not necessary. <br /> Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br />