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Caroline County reviews environmental‑health fee schedule; staff to combine fees rather than raise rates for now
Summary
Health Officer Robin Cahall and Maryland Department of Health staff reviewed proposed environmental‑health fee changes, including an 'all‑in‑one' residential evaluation fee and stronger wet‑season testing requirements under MDE/COMAR. Commissioners asked staff to return with a combined fee schedule and to defer increases pending FY27 budget information.
Caroline County commissioners on Dec. 9 heard an extended review of proposed changes to the county’s environmental‑health fee schedule from Health Officer Robin Cahall and representatives of the Maryland Department of Health.
Staff said the county has not comprehensively updated its fee schedule since 2005 and presented a package that would combine multiple steps of a residential soil and site evaluation — soils testing, wet‑season monitoring and (where appropriate) mound testing — into an upfront "all‑in‑one" fee. County staff said the change is intended to streamline processing, reduce repeated customer…
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