24.18.020 Food permit fee subsidies.

(1)    Seven (7) Percent Food Permit Subsidy.

(a)    Clark County will subsidize non-school food establishment permit fees by seven (7) percent through general funds to be paid to Clark County public health.

(2)    One Hundred (100) Percent Food Permit Subsidy for Schools.

(a)    Clark County will provide a one hundred (100) percent subsidy through general funds to public health to cover the food permit costs for those school districts that fully meet or exceed either RCW 28A.210.360 nutrition standards and Public Law 108-265, or Second Substitute Senate Bill 5093, Section 5 (Chapter 5, Laws of 2007), standards (2010 requirement). This subsidy will be effective for one (1) year from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, with two (2) additional years of subsidy contingent upon available funding.

(i)    To qualify for the subsidy, in accordance with RCW 28A.210.360, every school district shall establish a nutrition policy; current federal law requires wellness policies for each local education agency to include at a minimum: clearly stated goals for nutrition education; nutrition guidelines for all foods available on campus; nutrition guidelines for reimbursable school meals that are not less than USDA requirements; a written plan for measuring implementation and designation of one (1) or more persons responsible for implementation of nutrition guidelines; and involvement of parents, students, food service, school board, administrators and the public in policy development (a health advisory committee).

(ii)    To qualify for the subsidy as of 2010, schools must meet one hundred (100) percent of the requirements of Second Substitute Senate Bill 5093, Section 5 (Chapter 5, Laws of 2007), including establishing a school health advisory committee, comprised of school nurses or other school personnel, and serving only healthy food and beverages that meet the following standards (with exceptions as specified in the law): less than thirty-five (35) percent total calories from fat, less than ten (10) percent total calories from saturated fat, less than thirty-five (35) percent total weight or fifteen (15) grams per food composed of sugar. Head Start must show evidence of meeting USDA nutrition standards applicable to Head Start programs. (Sec. 3 of Ord. 2008-12-01)