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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator } Costa
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DATE:
February 13 , 1990 CU.
SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION OF PRODUCTIVITY INVESTMENT FUND
PROPOSAL FOR 1989-90
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Accept report and approve proposals and expenditure of $84, 550 in
Productivity Investment revolving funds as recommended by the
Productivity Investment Fund Board.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding for the Productivity Investment Fund projects is budgeted
in the 1989-90 budget. Additional funding is made available from
payments to the productivity revolving loan program. The
departments will repay loans to the fund within two years.
BACKGROUND:
The Productivity Investment Fund (PIF) is a revolving loan
program designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
departments. Departments may apply for funding of one-time
investments which will have hard dollar savings for on-going
operations. The program was established in 1986 and this year
the Board allocated $50,000 to the fund. Additional funding is
made available from payments made to the fund. The proposals for
1989-90 will require $84 , 550 . Funding is recommended for the
three projects listed below for fiscal year 1989-90.
1. General Services Recycling of Freon Project
General Services is requesting $5, 500 to purchase a
"recovery and recycling system" which will recover and clean
the Freon refrigerant from air conditioning systems when
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 13, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: General Services Director ATTESTED "2 13, 1990
Probation PHIL BATCHELOR, ERK OF THE BOARD OF
Municipal Court Administrator SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Health Services Director
County Administrator
M382 (10/88) BY � � DEPUTY
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vehicles are being maintained or repaired. The recycled
refrigerant will then be pumped back into the air
conditioning system. The capturing, recycling and reuse of
the Freon will allow General Services to realize a hard
dollar savings on hazardous materials that are currently
venting into the earth' s ozone layer. Disposal of Freon may
become a mandated requirement soon. The payback will be
made within two years.
2. Probation-Municipal Court Automated Case Management System
Probation is requesting . $27 , 960 to automate the case
management collection function in the department. This will
allow Probation to accelerate the collection of
probationer' s court-ordered financial obligations. This
computer assisted probation service will also enable them to
monitor other conditions of probation such as payment
performance and provide a more efficient interactive
collection process between staff and probationers. Reports
and letters currently typed by a clerk will be automated and
returned to the court for violations or modifications more
quickly and efficiently. The payback will be made within
two years.
3 . Health Services Child Health and Disability Program Billing
Project
Health Services is requesting $51,090 to fund two full-time
clerical project positions in the Child Health and
Disability (CHDP) Program to improve billing activities and
increase revenue. The current billing procedure involves
clerical review of medical records to determine allowable
CHDP services. Some allowable charges are being missed.
With additional staff, Health Services will be able to flag
CHDP eligible records, schedule appropriate examinations,
and closely monitor the medical records for allowable CHDP
charges. In addition to an increase in revenue, this
proposal will allow an increase in routine preventive care
and improve the health status of the children served in the
clinics. The CHDP project was approved on the condition
that it be closely monitored with periodic status reports.
The payback will be made within two years.