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that we monitor it as closely as we can. thank you very much. i think that concludes the presentations, unless there is a department that i left out? why dont we now open it up to public comment is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning, supervisors. thomas picarello. there appears to be a disconnect with what is happening in the city and what is being presented to you today. let me be specific. at laguna honda hospital, there were two doc...

that we monitor it as closely as we can. thank you very much. i think that concludes the presentations, unless there is a department that i left out? why dont we now open it up to public comment is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning, supervisors. thomas picarello. there appears to be a disconnect with what is happening in the city and what is being presented to you today. let me be specific. at laguna honda hospital, there were two doc...

i can speak on the court liaison sign regarding court over time, but we have created a seven-page unit order at the court liaison. i have that with me today. we did right 7 department bulletins and 14-page bulletin based on court premium pay, so that our policies are out there, the officers are aware of the policy, all compliant with the policy. in regards to court over time, 15 recommendations our police department has implemented -- im sorry, 12 of these 15. we have gone above and be...

where we are, but we need to focus on moving forward, making sure we have these systems in place. we are talking about premium pay, overtime pay. those are important issues. i think we need to make sure that we monitor it as closely as we can. thank you very much. i think that concludes the presentations, unless there is a department that i left out? why dont we now open it up to public comment is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning, su...

every over time card for the department. it injures more accountability and making sure we are following all policies of our department. if you have any questions -- supervisor campos: no, thank you. i appreciate that the chief has inherited this. it is unfortunate that we are where we are, but we need to focus on moving forward, making sure we have these systems in place. we are talking about premium pay, overtime pay. those are important issues. i think we need to make sure that we m...

department that i left out? why dont we now open it up to public comment is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? >> good morning, supervisors. thomas picarello. there appears to be a disconnect with what is happening in the city and what is being presented to you today. let me be specific. at laguna honda hospital, there were two doctors that blew the whistle on the patient gift fund. now, dph is coming before you and telling you that they should only r...

who worked on these because there are a couple of recommendations. i have questions about why we came to that conclusion, what you wanted to move forward with that in a different way and why we thought it was not the best path to follow to fall on that recommendation. supervisor chiu: from my perspective, it is just surprising that you cannot figure at in your department who was working on this before. >> it is just a short time line. i focused on the documentation to be prepared to an...

there was a lack of transparency in having those policy changes reviewed. i look at the changes themselves, i do not feel there was anything division about the change itself. reasonably good policy that made sense at the time, as we moved from the 1990s, when this at minto was first established, to a changing environment, when the needs of the patients at laguna honda were changing over time, the population was changing, needs to fund staff education and development were also significa...

attention. at the end of the day, our failure to take these to the health commissioner is the significant failing in administering this fund. so, if i could answer your questions. supervisor campos: i do not know that i have any. the only comment i have is -- i give the department of public health credit for the fact that you cooperated with this audit, provided the information. i think the points you made are well taken. i still think, though, what we have seen in this audit is certai...

greatest shortcoming over the past several years, what i think is the most significant issue, somewhere along the line, the administration and our finance division lost track of the requirements in that had been code that the help commission approved policy changes. where policy changes were made over eight period of years, there was a lack of transparency in having those policy changes reviewed. i look at the changes themselves, i do not feel there was anything division about the chan...