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Board approves Environmental Health penalties; staff report rabies uptick and inspection activity
Summary
The Board of Health approved Environmental Health penalties for December 2025 and heard that water sampling is ongoing, rabies cases were unusually high, and overall program activity in December 2025 was down compared with a five-year high in 2024.
The Cortland County Board of Health unanimously approved December 2025 Environmental Health penalties during its Jan. 20 meeting.
Don Ware reported that environmental programs processed water sampling, noted an unseasonable increase in rabies cases, and said facility inspections were starting. The minutes state that all programs were down in December 2025 while 2024 represented a five-year high. The penalties approval was recorded as "APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]" with Matthew Noble, D.O., as mover and Mary Wright, R.N., as seconder.
Staff did not provide detailed penalty amounts or a breakdown of rabies cases in these minutes; follow-up reporting or future minutes may supply those details.
