SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED - JULY 24, 2001

Agenda Item No. 31

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION TO ADJUST THE FEES FOR ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND WATER WELL APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS



RESOLUTION #01-231



WHEREAS, the Health Department has a statutory responsibility to prevent human exposure to environmental hazards, and has authority from the Michigan Public Health Code to adopt regulations to implement these responsibilities, and the authority to establish fees to recover the cost of such services; and



WHEREAS, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners has promulgated the Ingham County Sanitary Code which provides the Ingham County Health Department with the authority to regulate the installation of on-site sewage systems and water wells for family homes and other small quantity users and generators; and



WHEREAS, the Sanitary Code requires that any person intending to install a water well or an on-site sewage system must file an application with the Health Department and meet criteria set out in the Sanitary Code and in other guidance; and



WHEREAS, the existing Environmental Fee Schedule results in the County being paid about 16% of the cost of providing the services to regulate the on-site sewage and water well programs; and



WHEREAS, the Health Officer has proposed an adjustment to the Environmental Health Fee Schedule, for on-site sewage system applications and permits and water well applications and permits, which would allow the County to recover the full cost of providing the services, less any state financial support for these services.



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners effective October 1, 2001, amends the Environmental Health Fee Schedule with the intent to recover from fees approximately 68% of the cost of regulating the construction of on-site sewage disposal system and water wells and for land evaluation services related to on-site sewage systems and water wells, with the remaining 32% of cost to be recovered from grants and formula revenue.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that effective October 1, 2001, the on-site sewage disposal application fee shall be established at $385 for new systems and at $100 for the repair or replacement of an existing system.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that effective October 1, 2001, the application fee for a water well shall be established at $385 for a new water well and $100 for the repair or replacement of an existing water well.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that effective October 1, 2001 the fee for land evaluation for on-site sewage or water well suitability shall be established at $385.



















ADOPTED - JULY 24, 2001

Agenda Item 31



RESOLUTION #01-231



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such fees be published in a newspaper of general circulation prior to the effective date.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is authorized to adjust the Health Department's 2001 and 2002 budgets in order to implement this resolution.



HUMAN SERVICES: Human Services will meet 7/23/01



FINANCE: Yeas: Czarnecki, Hertel, Swope, Lynch, Krause Nays: Schafer

Absent: Minter Approved 7/18/01