LISBON — The Columbiana County Health District Board recently approved the new fees for pools, campgrounds and tattoo/body art facilities for 2026, with the cost for some licenses slightly increasing and some slighting decreasing.

The board had already conducted two readings on the fees and held a public hearing, then voted on the third reading to approve the new fees, with the food, camp and pool program fees taking effect Feb. 1 and body art program fees taking effect Jan. 1.

The new food service fees, by risk level and size, not including a $28 portion that goes to the Ohio Department of Health, include (showing the current rate first, then the new rate): commercial under 25,000 square feet, risk level 1, $200 decreasing to $208, risk level 2, $229 to $235, risk level 3, $446 to $454, risk level 4, $559 to $576; commercial 25,000 square feet and over, risk level 1, $303 to $303, risk level 2, $320 to $319, risk level 3, $1,213 to $1,142, risk level 4, $1,288 to $1,211.

The mobile fee decreased from $133 to $131, with the low risk mobile fee decreasing from $66 to $65.50. Temporary event fees increased from $124 to $138. The vending fee, which is also based on the previous year’s consumer price index, increased from $13 to $13.37. The state fee for vending licenses is $6.

Other new fees include: camps under 50 sites, $628 (current fee $357); camps over 50 sites, $625 (current fee $357); cost for each site over 50, $4 (current fee $6); temporary less than 50 sites, $287 (current fee $293); temporary over 50 sites, $287 (current fee $293); each temporary site over 50, $46 (current $3); pool, $758 (current fee $546); special use pool, $352 (current fee $278); spa $200 (current fee $213); body art combined $587 (current fee $598); and time limited body art event, $81 (current fee $299).

Health Services Administrator Amanda Amato reported that “we’re starting to see an increase in our respiratory illnesses.”

She said the health district has the flu vaccine available and also a limited number of COVID test kits, limited to two per household while they last. Call the office at 330-424-0272 to schedule an appointment for a flu shot.

Kevin Summerville, registered environmental health specialist, reported that the district may be receiving another $50,000 next year from the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund for septic system installations.

He also updated board members on the status of a septic system situation at a property on Pancake Clarkson Road, saying the contractor called and said funding to replace the septic system was secured.