The district will be spending $164,000 on wages in 2011-12, roughly double what it spent on wages last year, and Administrator Bobbie Palmer, who is moving to a full-time position, is set to receive a $100,000 salary, the report said. Community non-profit programs such as diabetes checks for minority residents and an eyeglass program for needy schoolchildren, will be receiving less overall funds, but the report said some of the non-profit programs have not returned required documentation to verify funds are being used as intended.
A loss of property tax revenue has cut the district’s revenue by nearly a quarter of a million dollars between 2008-09 and this upcoming fiscal year, but the expenses have stayed relatively the same, the report said.
Read the Contra Costa Times report on the Los Medanos Community Healthcare District.
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