By Eli Walsh, Bay City News Foundation
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CA — The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider allocating $5.5 million Tuesday to the county’s Department of Environmental Health, allowing the county to waive permit fees for small businesses.
Businesses like restaurants, gyms and hair salons would be among those eligible for the fee waivers, Supervisors Susan Ellenberg and Cindy Chavez said Monday during a briefing on the proposal.
The funding would offset the permit fees that the Department of Environmental Health would normally collect to allow businesses to operate within the county.
The two supervisors said the proposal’s intent is to relieve the financial burden already placed on small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, since many of them have been closed or operating in a limited manner for nearly a year.
Small businesses also have access to permit and license fee waivers from the state, the two noted.
The board will consider the fee waiver proposal during the afternoon session of its Tuesday meeting, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
County residents can join the virtual meeting at https://sccgov-org.zoom.us/j/93655920815. Public comment on agenda items can be given during the meeting or via email at BoardOperations@cob.sccgov.org.
Copyright 2021 by Bay City News, Inc. —Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited.
