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Tompkins County weights and measures director says one-person office will hold to fee-based model despite small cuts
Summary
Weights and Measures Director Heather Chappell briefed the county on a one-person, fees-funded program that inspects scales and packaged commodities, plans safety upgrades for fuel testing equipment and projects inspection fee revenue of about $19,000–$23,000.
Heather Chappell, Tompkins County’s weights and measures director, told the Expanded Budget Committee on Sept. 11 that her office is a state-mandated, fees-based unit that currently operates with one inspector and inspects commercial weighing and measuring devices, packaged commodities and responds to consumer complaints. Chappell said New York State mandates weights and measures services and set the fee schedule the office uses; she said her office is small but that recent equipment purchases — a new truck and a new prover for fuel testing —…
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