Health department urges new sanitarian as DATCP agent workload surges
Staff told the committee the county's DATCP agent program has grown from about 162 facilities in 2017 to more than 450 now; staff recommended adding a full-time sanitarian and advancing the request to the finance committee and county board, a motion the committee approved to forward.
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Amy Clyburn, the health officer, walked the committee through the county's DATCP agent program growth and funding, noting dramatic increases in licensed facilities and regulatory work. On the program's growth she said: "In 2017 to 18, we started as full agent and we had 162 facilities" and later observed the workload has climbed to "over 450 facilities and that is climbing." Amy explained the program is fee-funded and reported 2025 fees of $179,578 and fees to date in 2026 of $109,860, with a program fund balance reported at roughly $346,662 at the end of 2025.
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