Sharon Blowers, Principal Typist, Cayuga County Department of Health

Sharon Blowers, Principal Typist, Cayuga County Department of Health

  • 16 years of service

During her 15 year tenure with the Cayuga County Health Department, Sharon Blowers has been essential to the success of the septic system inspection program which has been adopted as part of the County's Sanitary Code. Cayuga County has over 16,000 septic systems and Sharon has successfully overseen the administrative aspect of this program. Using a database to track all septic system inspections, notifying property owners when their systems are due for inspection, following up on property owners who fail to comply with the Board of Health hearing process, overseeing and processing requests for variances from the inspection requirement, and handling of numerous requests for information from attorneys, realtors, certified inspectors, and current and potential property owners. Over the years, she has initiated improvements to the program's workflow facilitating its continued success in the face of on- going staff reductions. Sharon truly represents Cayuga County's commitment to public health.

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