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RESOLUTION NO. 29-06
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS IN SUPPORT OF THE
FORMATION OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY REGIONAL
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS COALITION
WHEREAS, the cost of providing health care benefits to public employees continues to
escalate beyond the ability of local government agencies to pay for those benefits, and;
WHEREAS, government agencies in other regions have found it advantageous to form
local coalitions of the purchasers of public employee health care benefits, and;
WHEREAS, such a coalition could achieve efficiencies that reduce the cost of providing
health care benefits to public employees while also increasing the quality of those services, and;
WHEREAS,those efficiencies could include requiring local health care providers to post
prices for the most common medical procedures in a standard format on their websites and also
provide data about the quality and outcomes of services in a standard format,both of which have
been shown to reduce health care costs in other regions, and;
WHEREAS,the Santa Clara County Regional Public Employee Health Benefits
Coalition could identify and facilitate other cost savings and improvements to quality of public
employee health care benefits that could be collaboratively achieved, and;
WHEREAS,the formation of a local coalition will create an entity that could join forces
with a similar coalition currently forming at the state level, known as the California Health Care
Coalition,to achieve additional efficiencies, and;
WHEREAS, several Foundations have active programs to fund innovative regional
efforts to address issues such as those within the scope of the proposed Santa Clara County
Regional Public Employee Health Benefits Coalition, and
WHEREAS, the proposed Santa Clara County Regional Public Employee Health
Benefits Coalition will take no actions that interfere with collective bargaining procedures
currently in place at its member public agencies, and;
WHEREAS, the proposed Santa Clara County Regional public Employee Health
Benefits Coalition will be governed initially by a steering committee composed of one member
from each participating public agency, and;
WHEREAS, the proposed Santa Clara County Regional public Employee Health
Benefits Coalition will be facilitated by its current co-chairs, Santa Clara County Supervision
Jim Beall and Foothill De-Anza Community College District Hal Plotkin until such time as the
Coalition Steering Committee establishes formal by-laws and selects new leadership;
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NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of
Los Altos Hills supports the formation and will participate in the Santa Clara County Regional
Public Employee Health Benefits Coalition; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE Town of los Altos Hills will contribute a
sum based on a sliding scale, not to exceed $2,000, payable to a facilitating local non-profit
agency to support the recruitment and retention of a qualified grant writer to solicit foundation
support for a two-year Santa Clara County Regional Public Employee Health Benefits Coalition
pilot project.
ADOPTED,SIGNED AND APPROVED this 27th Day of April, 2006.
By:
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ATTEST: 2 reene Kerr,Mayor
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Kare ost, Ci Clerk
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