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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 10051993 - S.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Sunne Wright McPeak Costa Jeff Smith DATE: 40. County October 5, 1993 SUBJECT: Vice-President Gore's Report on Reinventing Government SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Refer to the Internal Operations Committee the Clinton Administration report from the Task Force chaired by Vice-President Gore on reinventing government titled "Creating a Governrr ent that Works Better and Costs Less" for the purpose of determining applicability to Contra Costa County and new opportunities for streamlining and improving government operations and governance. BACKGROUND: Although Contra Costa County has been on the cutting edge in many areas of "reinventing government," the Clinton'Administration Report from the Task Force chaired by Vice-President Gore has refocused attention on this subject. We should take advantage of this new national interest to re-examine opportunities within county government and to explore bold creative possibilities within Contra Costa. For example, is it possible to save even more money by streamlining the management of county services that could be jointly administered with other jurisdictions that have similar services? While this has been recommended in the past by several supervisors and other civic leaders, perhaps the time is ripe to implement it. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTS YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON ° �v S c APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. I CC: District .II ;ATTESTED District IV Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of County Administrator SuperviSOfsWCOudyAdminishtV M382/7-83 , BY _, DEPUTY Brnik:side Ho�;pital TEL 1-51Ci-236-8,274 Sep 27 , 93 15 :39 Nc . x:_02 F . 02 BROOKSIDEDIRECTORS: f MINOT TRIPP :,HAIR HOSPITAL KEVIN GERAGHTY. MD 'Cei CMAIA JANE BEAM WOOD TRr;ASuAfA MICHAEL. P. LAWSON BETTYE J. CASH SHCPE7Ao� PRESIDENT 6 CHISR 2XSCUTIVIR OFFICER VERNON T. ARC!-IBALD. MD A65iSTANT SECRE7A1Ar September 27, 1993 Honorable Tom Torlakson SEP 2 Chair, Board of Supervisors ---P suPrs 651 Pine Street CLERB"' D0" s- r tr NT S Ate„•�r,�-z- �... .� Martinez CA 94553 Dear Supervisor Torlakson: Brookside Hospital commends supervisors Powers and McPeak for their proposal to widen the scope of potential solutions to the issue of hospital beds in Contra Costa County. Their recommendation shows a willingness to establish a greater level of collaboration between the County and district hospitals than has ever existed. With this recommendation before us, I propose the Supervisors and their staff remain open to the numerous ways this collaboration may be achieved. We understand that the County requires solid guarantees that beds will be available for its patients. I believe we can secure those guarantees and secure them without the need to spend taxpayers' dollars for beds that already exist. We are prepared to seek a mechanism that will assure the County that those beds will always be available. Brookside Hospital and its physicians are committed to serving the people of west County, including the patients who have traditionally been served through the County system. As Supervisors Powers and McPeak point out, this is a new day in healthcare. It is a day requiring new thinking, greater cooperation by providers and a system-wide regional approach to healthcare planning. We are prepared to discuss any possible approach to dealing with the need for hospital beds in this County. To that end, we ask that County staff be directed to explore a variety of mechanisms and not solely the purchase of excess bed capacity. Sincerely-i-_ i MICHAEL P.P. LAWSON, FACHE President/Chief Executive officer cc: Board of Directors Assemblyman Tom Bates Senator Nicholas Petris West County Mayors Group WEST CONTRA COSTA HO$PITAL DISTRICT - 2000 VALE ROAD - SAN PABLO, CAL-iFORNIA 0.98Uf3 (5101235-7000 r_wwalsa•�Hw'.++.,IIw� .-.-....._,. .:a 1':I sf, 1 i� { I' I ,I .I ., � .1 I + � i 1 BROOKSIDEDIRECTORS- MINOT TRIPP CHAIR HOSPITAL KE VIN GERAGHTY.MD ViCS CHAIR JANE BEAM WOOD TREASWOfiR MICHAEL P. LAWSON 0E I-TYE J.CASH 13eCAFT04- PREsiDENT A Gt+isR•XKCVTrvd oRFieER VERNON T,ARCHIBALD. MD ASSISTANT SECR@TARY September 27, 1993 VjFCEl14E_D Honorable Tom Torlakson SSP 2 Chair, Board of SupervisorscLPFFkVIS0FkC 551 Pine Street CI�RK BCARTJ -., rG-__..�- Martinlex CA 94553 ' UW: Dear Supervisor Torlakson: Brookside Hospital commends supervisors Powers and McPeak for their proposal to widen the scope of potential solutions to the issue of hospital beds in Contra Costa County. Their recommendation shows a willingness to establish a greater level of collaboration between the County and district hospitals than has ever existed. With this recommendation before us, I propose the Supervisors and their staff remain open to the numerous ways this collaboration may be achieved. We understand that the County requires solid guarantees that beds will be available for its patients. I believer we can secure those guarantees and secure them without the need to spend taxpayers, dollars for beds that already exist. We are prepared to seek a mechanism that will assure the County that those beds will always be available. Brookside Hospital and its physicians are committed to serving the people of West County, including the patients who have traditionally been served through the. County system. As supervisors Powers and McPeak point out, this is a new day in healthcare. It is a day requiring new thinking, greater cooperation by providers and a system-wide regional approach to healthcare planning. We are prepared to discuss any possible approach to dealing with the need for hospital beds in this County. To that and, we ask that County staff be directed to explore a variety of mechanisms and not solely the purchase of excess bed capacity. Sincerer MICHAEL P. LAWSON# FACHZ President/Chief Executive Officer Cc: Board of Directors Assemblyman Tom Bates Senator Nicholas Petrisl West County Mayors Group WEST CONTRA COSTA HOSPITAL DiSTRtCT 2000 VALE ROAD - SAN PABLO, CALIFORNIA 94SW3 (5101 235.7000 �r ..,. ,'.....,., .f,IA0