A contract with DR RYAN RAMSEY AS Medical Director for the Fire/Medical department is on the City Council consent calendar for the next council meeting on Tuesday, September, 26 2016.
The services provided by Dr. Ramsey are exempt from the competitive bidding
requirements pursuant to §252.022(4), Texas Local Government Code.
The Dr will be paid $7,000/month for 70 hours/month. That folks is a cool $100 per hour. His expenses for continuing education, travel and work related costs will be paid by the city. This seems like a pretty spiffy salary for part-time work that has no night or week-end requirements. It is unclear as to whether health and retirement benefits are included.
It appears that the state legislature needs to change Texas law that allows this class of contracts to be exempt from competitive bidding. I guess one gets these kinds of jobs by knowing someone in the City. Wait, isn't that the definition of "crony capitalism"?
It is interesting to note that the only requirements for the job is to hold a valid Texas medical license and state and federal licenses to prescribe all controlled drugs. There is nothing about emergency medicine experience, experience in establishing processes and procedures for fire personnel to administer medical treatment and experience in developing and teaching training for the fire/medical staff.
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