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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 83-476 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC WHEREAS, the Valley Mental Health Clinic provides quality mental health services essential to the valley community, and WHEREAS, the Valley Mental Health Clinic operates at a cost of $15.85 per capita, the second lowest cost per capita of the eight mental health services areas managed by the County of Alameda Health Services, and WHEREAS, ranked by either productivity of cost effectiveness, the Valley Mental Health Clinic compares favorably with other county health clinics, and WHEREAS, the Valley Mental Health Clinic has already experienced a 40% staff reduction (5 to 3 staff) in the adult clinic from 1980 to present, and a 37% staff reduction (3 1/2 to 2 1/5) in the children and youth clinic from 1982 to present, reducing the Valley Mental Health Clinic staff to a level barely adequate to provide quality service, and WHEREAS, the county mental health staff will be requesting permission from the Board of Supervisors to study the feasibility of contract for services in the Valley to save the overhead of administering the Valley Clinic, and WHEREAS, if it is valid to assume contract services may be more cost effective, the feasibility study should include all of the mental health programs of the county to assure the most cost effective method of service delivery is applied to all county programs. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: The City Council encourages the Board of Supervisors to consider the staff reductions already experienced by the Valley Mental Health Clinic when considering any further funding reductions. -1-