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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12091986 - IO.6 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra DATE; Costa December 8, 1986 @ . County SUBJECT; Child Care Issues SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . Request that the Children' s Council include in their January, 1987 mailing to all licensed day care homes and facilities in Contra Costa County information on the availability of liability insurance through "Cal Care" , emphasizing that there is no fee required to obtain a premium quotation. 2 . Request that the Children' s Council work with day care associations in the County to publicize the availability of liability insurance through "Cal Care" and the importance of obtaining and keeping in force liability insurance. 3 . Request the United Way of the Bay Area and the Contra Costa Children' s Council to report to the 1987 Internal Operations Committee at the Committee' s first meeting in February, 1987 on the extent to which the Children' s Council has been able to achieve the goals set for itself and remove this item as a referral to our Committee. 4 . Request the Director of Community Development to meet with our Committee January 12, 1987 and present at that time a proposed ordinance providing options for mitigating child care needs, including criteria for requiring provision for a facility and/or fees for child care. 5 . Request the Executive Director, Contra Costa Children' s Council, to forward to the Director of Community Development, through the County Administrator' s Office, the recommendations for policies and standards for home builders developed by the Child Care Task Force so that the Director of Community Development can take these recommendations into account in preparing the proposed ordinance. 6 . Authorize the 1986 Internal Operations Committee to meet on January' 12, 1987 on this and related child care issues in order to complete work on these referrals on the condition that final actions of the Committee be reported to the Board on January 13, 1987 . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE X APPROVE OTHER sIGNATURE�sI' ncv C Fanden Sunne !!. r^c Peak ACTION OF BOARD •ON December 9, 1936 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _}� OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT V ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: County Administrator ATTESTED __ necember 9_,_ 19.86__-- Community Development Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Counsel SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Victor Slevin (via Children's Council ) Lydia Cameron, United !day erg G� BY DEPUTY M382/7-83 Page 2 BACKGROUND: Our Committee met December 8, 1986 on several of the child care issues with which we have been concerned during 1986. First, in terms of the liability insurance issue we heard a presentation by Victor Slevin, Special Counsel, American Insurance Association, on why insurance premiums have gone up so dramatically in the past few years and what role "Cal Care" has in assisting child care homes and facilities to obtain liability insurance. Mr. Slevin noted that for a number of years, particularly when interest rates were high, insurance companies cut premiums drastically in order to be competitive and obtain premium income which could be invested. At that time, premiums generally were only 10%-500 of what they should have been to cover known risks. Investment income was so high that it was used to pay losses. As interest rates began to fall, premiums had to be increased in order to cover payments for losses which could no longer be covered by investments. Many high risk situations were dropped at this time. Also at this time, day care centers began to get bad publicity because of charges of sexual molestation at a few centers. In the 1984-85 Session of the California Legislature, Senator Seymour introduced legislation to create "Cal Care" . Cal Care has put together a voluntary association of 21 insurance companies. When a day care operator contacts a broker about liability insurance, the broker may contact Cal Care on behalf of the individual. Cal Care refers applications to one of the insurance companies with whom they deal. All future decisions are up to the insurance company. Cal Care has had very few applications, given the number of licensed homes and facilities in California. We believe that we should make every effort to make use of the existing system to obtain liability insurance for child day care facilities. Mr. Slevin indicated that premiums for this type of insurance run from $50 to $100 per year per child. In terms of recommendation #3 , Ms. Lydia Cameron, representing the United Way of the Bay Area, indicated that the Children' s Council has engaged the services of a retired executive to undertake a study of the internal structure of the Children' s Council, including internal organization, salary structure and job classifications. This study should be completed in late January. The Agency Relations Committee of the United Way will meet in late March or early April to make recommendations on funding all United Way agencies in Contra Costa County. In terms of recommendation #4, Mr. Bragdon indicated his staff was still working with industry on appropriate criteria for an ordinance which would require developers of either residential or commercial property to mitigate the impacts their developments place on the child care needs of the community. Present planning is moving toward more emphasis on providing child care facilities and less on a fee structure. Mr. Bragdon expects the ordinance to go to the Planning Commission in January. Our Committee would like to provide some input to the ordinance after having had an opportunity to review it. We also want the Community Development Department to have the benefit of the recommendations developed by the Child Care Task Force--thus the recommendation we have made as #5. Our Committee hopes to wrap up work, or most of these child care issues, by January 12 and report the matter back to the Board on January 13, 1987 .