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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05171988 - IO.4 TO BOARD Of SUPERVISORS I.O. � FROM: • VVI tra INTERNAL OPERATIONS . COMMITTEE : DATE. May 9, 19 8 8 cojq . SUBJECT: Los Medanos Community Hospital District SPECIFIC REQUEST S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S)- & BACKGROUND Alm JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Request, the County Administrator to obtain copies of the employment contract and severance agreement between the Los Medanos Community Hospital District and their former Administrator, Efton Hall. Jr. , and forward copies to each member of the Board of Supervisors. 2 . Request '.the County Administrator to obtain a list of all consulting contracts . entered into by the Los Medanos Community Hospital District for the past two years and forward copies of .this list to each member of the Board of Supervisors. 3 . Request the Health Services Director to continue his conversations with• the Administration and medical staff of Los Medanos Community Hospital for the purpose of providing whatever clinical or administrative . support the Hospital District may . need,. and report the progress on these conversations" to the Board of Supervisors periodically. 4 . Request the County Administrator to ask . the Hospital District Board of Directors to forward. a' copy of their response to the Grand Jury to the Board of ' Supervisors as soon as it has been approved by the .Board of Directors. 5 . Urge the Hospital, -District Board. of Directors 'to take all available legal action to recover . funds lost through investments, through 'contracts for which the District may not have received all of the services for which they contracted, and to determine_ whether •the severance agreement with the former Hospital Administrator can be terminated. 6 . Authorize the Chairman to write to the Attorney General of California requesting that he broaden his . current investigation of the Los Medanos .Community Hospital District to include 'all consulting contracts the District has. entered into in the recent past and the severance agreement with the former Hospital Administrator_.to determine whether the laws CONTINUED..ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: _ RECOMMENDAT-ION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE A. APPROVE • OTHER SIGNATUREIS). Sunne W. McPeak p Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON __ May -17; 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 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. County Administrator ATTESTED CC: �90 P Health Services Director ' Count/ Counsel PHIL BATC ELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Los .Medanos Community Hospital SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR District (via CAO) BY ,DEPUTY M382/7-83 - Page 2 6 . (continued) . .of the State were broken by the private nonprofit subsidiary corporations . as well as whether any criminal activity occurred. 7 . Authorize the Chairman to write to the Board of Directors of the Los Medanos Hospital District urging that all members of the Board of Directors agree to stand for election in November; 1988 . 8 . Remove this . item as a referral to our Committee. BACKGROUND: On April 19,,' 1988 , , following the presentation by the President of the Board of Directors of� the Los Medanos Community Hospital District, the Board of Supervisors requested several pieces of information and referred this matter to our Committee. Staff. from the County Administrator' s Office,. Health Services Department, and County Counsel, met -with- our Committee on May 9, 1988 along with. representatives from the., Los Medanos Board of Directors and staff from the Hospital.: We ' Were advised that the Board of Supervisors itself has no standing to sue the Hospital District or its Board of Directors, although individual Board members may join a taxpayers lawsuit. We were also advised that the Attorney General' s Office is currently conducting an investigation, apparently limited to the .investment losses by the private, nonprofit subsidiary .,corporations to the, Hospital District. We believe the Attorney General should broaden his . investigation to also include the propriety of, the consulting. contracts and the severance agreement with Mr. Hall. The Health. Services Director reported that his staff have met with the medical staff. of the Los Medanos Community Hospital. East County . has lost several obstetricians recently and the Hospital is seeking assistance from the County in insuring that . ,.East County. •residents have adequate obstetrical care. We believe these conversations are mutually beneficial to the County and the Hospital District and should be continued. Some of the individuals who addressed our Committee called for the resignatibns':. of the two remaining members of the Board of Directors who were' -on the Board during the time the incidents now in question took place. While we are not prepared to call for their resignations at this time, we do believe that the entire Board of Directors should stand for. election in November, 1988 even where a term of office has not expired. This will give the voters in the District the opportunity to determine which Board members should remain, on the Board and will do much to restore the credibility of the Board of Directors.