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FROM: William Walker M.D. Costa
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DATE: November 30, 2004u n
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SUBJECT: One-Time-Only Hiring-Related Moving Cost Reimbursement Payments eiler
To Three Health Services Department Medical Staff Physicians
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the Auditor-Controller to pay three Health Services
Department physicians for certain hiring-related moving costs, up to $5,000 each, as
reimbursement for documented moving expenses actually incurred.
FISCAL IMPACT: Total expenditure authorization of$15,000 will be funded from the Mental
Health Division budget.
BACKGROUND: In 2002, the Department's Mental Health Division was recruiting
psychiatrists from out-of-state for hard-to-fill jobs to reduce understaffing in the Division's
outpatient mental health clinics. During the recruitment effort, it was assumed that the
physicians would be retained on contract.
An offer was made to reimburse moving expenses up to $5,000 per physician. Three
psychiatrists from out-of-state accepted this offer of employment with the understanding that
they would be reimbursed for some of their moving costs to relocate and move their
households to California.
During the hiring process, these doctors ended up being hired as employees and appointed to
Exempt Medical Staff Physician positions. A mechanism needs to be created for this one-time
incident to reimburse employees for hiring-related moving costs.
Mental Health Division staff made offers that they thought were appropriate and three
psychiatrists accepted these offers in good faith and are now requesting reimbursement. It is
recommended that these three psychiatrists be paid up to $5,000 each for documented hiring-
related moving expenses, on a one-time-only basis, with no intention to set a precedent of any
kind, nor to obligate the County to make any other hiring-related reimbursements to these or
any other persons.
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
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CONTACT: JOHNSWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
CC: Health Services Director
HSD Mental Health Division Director
Auditor-Controllers"
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