1. Keys to Sustainable/Non-Tax Funding for EH Programs - "How to Fund Environmental Health Programs When Traditional Revenue Sources Are Disappearing" Mel Knight, REHS MALEHA 2012

2. Introduction Beyond horror stories and tales of woe; sharing success stories and ‘best practices’ experiences Interactive dialogue based on real life examples No universal solution; many options for multiple issues and programs

3. Disclosure is your Friend Public expectation of inspections and enforcement; disclosure of gaps and deficiencies Utilizing industry/ratepayers as allies; Level playing field; EH as low cost QA/QC; EH as educator; advisory committee/workgroups Initiating media coverage and information sharing Creating political will, and accepting rejection as legitimate decision to reduce/eliminate service

4. Get Real! Myth of doing more with less – reality of doing less with less, with full and transparent disclosure Reality based cost assessment and workload analysis Correlation of revenue/resources with actual outputs

5. Examples of Revenue Options - I Full cost recovery by ‘fees for service’ (e.g. restaurant facility fee) Risk based rate structure Charges for re-inspection(s) Rebates to compliant businesses Fees collected by volume or activity (e.g. tipping fee for solid waste or hazmat) Direct billing for hourly rate (e.g. Toxic site cleanup oversight Special services district (tax) – (e.g. Air pollution, vector control)

6. Examples of Revenue Options - II Advance disposal fee (e.g. e-waste, oil, paint, tires, white metals) Expedited service fee (e.g. rapid records access vs. less timely access; plan review) Contracts with other agencies or industries (e.g. FOG, storm water, blind vendor) Charges for classroom education, voluntary or mandatory (e.g. Food School) Fines and penalties (e.g. UST fines, late payment penalties) Multi-year fee schedules with built in COLAs

7. Common Revenue Mistakes Underestimating actual cost/hourly rate Intentionally ‘low-balling’ fee to fit expectations Co-mingling fees from unrelated programs ‘Free’ services to government or non-profits Non-collection of fees/accounts receivable (‘pay or close’ as a fix) Failure to find out what is important/valuable to ratepayer Taking COLAs for granted with no apparent effort to reduce costs

8. Effective Cost Reductions Decreased frequency/service (Use of history of compliance as indicator) Audit of self-inspections instead of site visits (remote compliance verification) Overtime as efficient overhead reducer Consolidation of inspections and programs for economy of scale Start from home/end in field Automation/scheduling efficiencies

9. Interactive Q & A Dialogue drawn from ‘real life’ program experiences Focus on solutions and possibilities Today’s challenges may become tomorrow’s opportunities!