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11/27/2007: "No Public At Public Hearing On New Fees"

What happens when you hold a public hearing and no one shows up? Hard to say, but on Monday at the SJC Board of Health the only member of the public to show up was The Island Guardian, and we had nothing to say. NOTE: While we reported Chair Howard Rosenfeld said "the public must be okay with the proposed changes if no one showed up" -and while our notes indicate it was Rosenfeld, he has indicated that he did not say it; and even went back to review the tapes of the meeting to prove it. In any case, the Board passed the proposal to an empty house.

Responding to pubic and County input from the Agricultural Resource Committee , the SJC Board of Health had proposed some changes in the current fee schedule, and held the public hearing on Monday (26th) on the proposed changes to the fee schedules which included two new fee categories a Farm Store fee ($40.00) and a ($0) Farm Stand permit.

The hearing also addressed a reduction in the Operation and Maintenance Inspection Filing fee from $50 to $20 that was made possible by a state grant that will cover some of the departments costs to administer the program.

Another proposal was also passed that will now allow purchased vaccine fees to reflect current costs; as opposed to a set fee that may not be tied to actual costs.