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Board adopts 2026 sanitary code revisions, eliminates $150 private‑well permit fee
Summary
The Board approved revisions to the 2026 Sanitary Code—clarifying mobile food standards, adding a migrant farm‑worker provision and a public‑water disinfection requirement—and approved an updated fee schedule that removes a $150 private‑well permitting fee.
The Cortland County Board of Health approved multiple Environmental Health items March 17, including penalty lists, a revised 2026 Sanitary Code and a revised fee schedule that eliminates the $150 private‑well permitting fee.
Don Ware, Director of Environmental Health, summarized the sanitary code changes: mobile‑food standards were clarified; the mobile home park provision was removed; language on individual water supply systems was deleted and a public‑water disinfection requirement was added; a new article covering migrant farm workers was included. The board recorded unanimous approval; one motion was moved by Dr. Erica Skipton and seconded by Mary Wright, and fee changes were recorded separately as approved with Ms. Wright moving and Dr. Matthew Noble seconding.
Staff noted the code changes required an updated fee schedule; the minutes indicate the elimination of the $150 private‑well permitting fee as part of that update. The board did not record further detail on implementation timing in the meeting minutes.
