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Cass County health department raises TB skin-test fee, scraps 2006 truck
Summary
The health department reported November activity, asked to raise TB skin-test fees from $15 to $20 and lab draw fees from $20 to $35, and received approval to surplus a 2006 Sierra truck for transfer to another county function.
Cass County's health department reported routine service activity for November and received board approval for a modest fee increase and vehicle surplus.
Health department representative Serenity told the board the department issued 33 food permits in November, handled septic permits and environmental calls, recorded 72 birth certificates, and managed TB cases (26 latent, 4 active). She said the department requested increasing TB skin-test fees from $15 to $20 and increasing lab-draw fees from $20 to $35, noting it had been about three years since the last fee increase.
Serenity asked permission to surplus a 2006 Sierra truck; she suggested the vehicle could transfer to the county's solid-waste function. The board moved and approved both the fee changes and the surplus vehicle request with verbal 'Aye' votes.
The meeting record does not include a detailed fiscal analysis of the fee changes; staff said the TB test fee increase was to better align revenue with current costs.
