Contra Costa County Grand Jury
• 2010-2011
• Agency Response
Response to:
Mt. Diablo Health Care District - Dissolve Now!
Mt. Diablo Health Care District*
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⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings and Recommendations 3 findings
F1
The District partially disagrees with the finding. The District would update the numbers to include 2010 by adding $241,804 in property tax revenue and $127,827 in Community Outreach. Since corrective action began in 2008, the District's Outreach vs. Revenue percentage is 48.1%. The findings of "small" and the "less than 10%" are a function of going backwards in accounting, not an analysis of the corrective action time period. The District has a fund balance in excess of $800,000 available for health related programs.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
The Board agrees with recommendation. The Board has established a more proactive approach to the grant program and notes the following implementation: The Board has established protocols for project submission. The project submission committee has been established Chaired by Jeffrey Kasper. Project request forms have been made available on the web site. Community direct outreach has been made to request solicitations for grant funding.
F2
The District agrees with the finding. The OPEB health care is in accordance with California Government Code Section 53201 and was instituted during the time when the Mt. Diablo Hospital was being run by the District. This policy was rescinded before the merger in 1992 and health care insurance has not been offered to any Board member since that time, but it is a tax payer lifetime obligation and cannot be extinguished.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
The recommendation has been partially implemented and requires further analysis. The Board is reviewing the OPEB health insurance coverage to see if there is any way to mitigate the costs. One group has been contacted and the District is awaiting their documentation and costs. All other avenues will be researched over the next six months and will include competitive bidding if applicable. It should be noticed that the cost of coverage in a medium sized employee group is generally substantially lower than small groups or individual policies. MT. DIABLO HEALTH CARE DISTRICT
F3
The District disagrees with the finding. The Board believes that the district has not outlived its useful purpose and is needed now more than ever in the past. a. The Board is currently giving grants and sponsoring programs that directly benefit the community as per its mission statement. The amounts in the last three years have showed a marked increase in those efforts. MT. DIABLO HEALTH CARE DISTRICT b. The Board's newly reconstructed project protocols and outreach have had significant positive reactions from the community and gives promise for future benefits to continue at an accelerated rate. c. Current projects under consideration:
No recommendations for this finding
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