LWVSJ Observer Corps: SJC Public Hospital District June 19, 2024

The June 7 Open House was a success. Several hundred people attended the event held at the PHD office, EMS, and Village at the Harbor.

The transition to the new financial software is going well. A major format change in financial reports provides an overall summary and detailed reports on payroll, expenditures, reserves and income. The Finance Committee, Commissioners Clary and Frazer, review the detailed reports monthly, and both the summaries and reports are available to the other Commissioners.

They hope to move forward with solar grants in February 2025, with The Village the best place for solar installation. On health care housing they are still waiting for Peace Island Medical Center’s (PIMC) letter of intent for a rezoning application, and they are exploring a possible federal grant.  

EMS call volumes at normal levels after a high-volume winter. PMIC awarded them a $10,000 grant for the EMS Community Paramedicine Program. The EMT training program produced seven new EMTs.

Home care services (Village at Home) are working on a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program, which will help staff home care services as well as for PIMC. They are exploring Medicaid for home health care but must overcome union entanglements before proceeding. They are working on the transition with the EMS Community Paramedicine program so that the EMTs can connect with additional home care services from Village at Home where a patient’s needs exceed a Paramedicine visit.

The Commissioners authorized investing PHD and EMS funds in the Local Government Investment Pool (LGIP), a state trust fund investment program for government entities.  

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization encourages informed participation in government. The Observer Corps attends and takes notes at government meetings to expand public understanding of public policy and decisions. The notes do not necessarily reflect the views of the League or its members.