Recommendation to Approve Two Amendments Totaling $270,000 for a Three-Year Extension Period as Follows: 1) Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute a First Amendment with Kaiser Permanente Medical Center for Three Years in an Amount Not to Exceed $230,000 for City of Alameda Occupational Medical Services; and 2) Authorize the Acting City Manager to Execute a First Amendment with Preferred Alliance, Inc., for Three Years in an Amount Not to Exceed $40,000 for Drug Testing Services in Conjunction with Services Provided by Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. (Human Resources 2510)
execute a First Amendment with preferred alliance for three years and an amount not to exceed 40,000 for drug testing services in conjunction with services provided by Kaiser Permanente. Thank you. And Vice Mayor, did you have specific questions or how would you like to proceed at this time? So I asked my questions prior to the meeting and I'm satisfied with the answers, but I had gotten some questions from a couple of members of the public, and so I wanted to just pull the item to go over and convey the answers that I received shortly before the meeting. So first of all, one of the questions that I've been asked is why were not working with Alameda Hospital to provide these occupational medical services? My understanding from staff is that these services are not offered by Alameda Hospital, so that's why we've contracted with Kaiser. And from what I heard from our staff, they've they've liked working with Kaiser. It's been a good relationship, both from the management perspective and from the employee perspective. And then the second thing I was asked was, why was there an increase? And my my understanding is that there has been increases relative to the number of employees we are going to be sending over for testing. It's not an increase in the actual cost. And I see that Nancy's and Nancy Brownstein's at the podium, and Nancy provided me the answers to those questions. So thank you, Nancy. And I think the other thing that I had asked was I noticed in the staff report, we have certain departments that are directly billed for their employees going for this testing, but some of the other departments actually fall under budget. And so, Nancy, my question for you is, and you mentioned this in your email to me, that there's a history to that. Good evening, Mayor. Council Members. Nancy Bronstein. Human resources director. Council vice mayor. Bella, I didn't I'm sorry, I didn't hear your question. You mentioned that there is a history or a reasoning behind the fire department and AMP being directly billed for those services versus H.R. covering the cost for the other departments. That's correct. And it precedes my being here. But my understanding is the fire department actually, because they send employees both for pre-employment and annual medical test. That they really like to. Manage that budget themselves. They manage that. They do a great job managing the process, making sure that everybody's getting the appropriate test. But then when the bills come in, they review. Those bills, they make sure they're correct, they're. Being billed correctly, and then. They are the ones then making the payments. And for AMP, it's an enterprise fund, so it's a separate fund and it's been set up that way. So I don't have an answer as to why it's. Been set up that way, but it is a non. General fund department, so they do pay for that. Expense. Thank you. All right. So then any other questions or comments? We do not have any speakers on the site. And so I think we can go ahead with a motion at this time. So moved. All those in favor of a roll call. Council member as the Ashcroft. Yes. Matter. I, i. I bear Spencer. I carried by five. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. And five j. And we do have a speaker on this item. And I also want to pull that. I want to give staff the opportunity to explain to the public what this is, because I do think it's a significant policy. So I don't like it being a consent because then the public may not actually know what's happening here. Recommendation two, but oh yeah, to amend the inclusionary housing program guidelines to modify available preference points, including adding a preference for eligible Alameda Unified School District Employees and revise underwriting standards and direct staff to prepare a proposed amendment to the city's inclusionary housing ordinance to clarify the appeals process. Okay. And since this goes and I don't know what staff members is going to be able to present this item.