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THIS CONTRACT, made and entered into this / / day Of /2,v-tie , 1991,
by and between the Weld County Board of County Commissioners iits own
capacity and as ex-officio Weld County Board of Health on behalf of the Weld
County Health Department, hereinafter called "Weld County," and Jamie Lindahl,
hereinafter called "Trainee."
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, Weld County is developing an employment position for a nurse
practitioner in order to meet the increasing service needs demonstrated in the
Weld County Health Department Community Health Programs, and
WHEREAS, Jamie Lindahl, a current Weld County Public Health Nurse at the
Weld County Health Department, has expressed a desire to attend nurse
practitioner training through the Harbor General Program offered at U.C.L.A. ,
California, and to become qualified as a nurse practitioner in the State of
Colorado.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the promises and mutual
agreements contained herein, the Trainee and Weld County hereby agree as
follows:
1. Nurse Practitioner Training. Weld County agrees to provide and
Trainee agrees to complete successfully formal nurse practitioner training
through a four-month formal training program offered at Harbor General,
U.C.L.A. , California. This training shall commence on April 29, 1991, and
shall terminate on August 16, 1991. Upon completion of this training, Weld
County agrees to provide and Trainee agrees to complete successfully a five-
month preceptorship in the Weld County Health Department clinics or through
private physicians' offices. The preceptorship shall commence on August 21,
1991, and shall terminate on January 21, 1992. Upon completion of this
training, Trainee agrees to fulfill successfully all further requirements and
qualifications for becoming a nurse practitioner certified and licensed in the
State of Colorado.
2. Payment on Salary and Benefits, Tuition, and Housing - Delay of
Special Programs. During Trainee's four-month formal training through Harbor
General, U.C.L.A. , California, and the five-month preceptorship, Weld County
agrees to pay to Trainee her regular salary and benefits according to
Trainee's existing pay rate and schedule. The total salary for this training
period of nine months is approximately $21,460.00.
Trainee's tuition at Harbor General, U.C.L.A. , California, will total
approximately $ 8,000.00. These tuition costs will be covered by Title X
Funding.
Trainee's transportation and housing costs associated with her four-month
training through Harbor General, U.C.L.A. , California, will total
approximately $ 2,000.00. Trainee agrees to assume these costs personally.
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Weld County agrees to keep open for Trainee her nursing position with
the Weld County Health Department during Trainee's nurse practitioner nine-
month training period. Trainee and Weld County acknowledge that in order to
provide adequate nursing coverage during Trainee's absence for training,
special projects and program development within the Weld County Health
Department will be delayed.
3. Recoupment Period, Contract Term, Weld County Personnel Policy
Handbook. In consideration of Weld County's provision of nurse practitioner
training for Trainee, of Weld County's expenditure of Trainee's regular salary
and benefits during her training, of Weld County's holding Trainee's
employment open during the training period, and of the delay of special
projects and program development within the Weld County Health Department due
to Trainee's nurse practitioner training, Weld County agrees to employ Trainee
to perform nurse practitioner duties and services and Trainee faithfully and
diligently agrees to perform such duties and to render such services for a
period of two (2) years commencing on the completion of Trainee's training and
due qualification in Colorado as a nurse practitioner. Trainee and Weld
County anticipate that this two-year period shall begin on January 22, 1992,
and shall terminate on January 23, 1994. This two-year period shall hereafter
by called a "recoupment period."
During her training and recoupment period, Trainee shall continue to be
subject to the policies and procedures set forth in the Weld County Personnel
Policy Handbook, Weld County Ordinance 118-J, as amended, January 22, 1991.
The parties agree that the terms of this Contract for Employment Services
shall prevail over any conflicting provisions set forth in the Weld County
Personnel Policy Handbook during the term of this Contract for Employment
Services.
4. Remedies for Breach of Contract for Employment Services. Trainee's
failure or refusal to complete successfully the nurse's practitioner training
and qualifications or to provide the nurse's practitioner duties and services
for Weld County during the two-year recoupment period may be considered, at
Weld County's election, a breach by Trainee of this contract for employment
services. Such a failure or refusal by Trainee to complete successfully the
training and qualifications or to fulfill the duties and provide the services
of a nurse practitioner shall be grounds for discharge of the Trainee from
employment with Weld County. Such grounds for discharge are in addition to and
in no way shall they replace those grounds for discipline and/or discharge set
forth in the Weld County Personnel Policy Handbook, Weld County Ordinance 118-
J, as amended.
Trainee' s failure to complete successfully the nurse's practitioner
training and qualifications or Trainee's failure to provide the nurse's
practitioner's duties and services for Weld County during the two-year
recoupment period solely due to Trainee's death or permanent total disability
shall not constitute a breach of this Contract for Employment Services.
Trainee's death or permanent total disability shall result in the termination
of all the rights, duties, and obligations set forth in this contract for
employment services.
Upon a breach of this Contract for Employment Services by Trainee's
failure to complete successfully the nurse's practitioner training and
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qualifications, Trainee shall pay to Weld County the sum of $21, 460.00 or the
amount of any salary paid to Trainee during the training period up to the time
of the breach, whichever sum is less. The parties agree that this sum shall
reasonably compensate Weld County for injury caused by such breach. Trainee
waives any right of presentment of such sum when and if it becomes due and
Weld County shall be entitled to a judgment thereon, including any accumulated
interest at the statutory rate from the date of such breach.
Upon a breach of this Contract for Employment Services by Trainee's
failure or refusal to provide nurse practitioner duties and services for Weld
County during the two-year recoupment period, Trainee shall pay to Weld County
the lesser of $21,460.00 or $21,460.00 reduced by the per diem rate of $41.11
for each eight (8) hour day of full time employment worked by Trainee as a
nurse practitioner for Weld County during the two-year recoupment period.
The parties agree that this sum shall reasonably compensate Weld County for
injury caused by such breach. Trainee waives any right of presentment of such
sum when and if it becomes due and Weld County shall be entitled to a
judgement thereon, including any accumulated interest at the statutory rate
from the date of such breach.
Trainee and Weld County acknowledge that it is impossible to ascertain or
to estimate the entire or exact cost, damage, or injury which Weld County may
sustain by reason of Trainee's breach of this Contract for Employment
Services. The total sum of $21,460.00 and the above-described methods for
offset are agreed upon as compensation for the injury suffered by Weld County.
Trainee and Weld County acknowledge that this sum is not a penalty, but rather
is compensation for injury suffered by Weld County by reason of Trainee's
breach.
Trainee and Weld County further agree that in the event Weld County
incurs attorney's fees, court costs, or other costs of collection in an effort
to collect any sums owed to Weld County pursuant to this Contract by reason of
Trainee's breach, Trainee will pay such expenses in addition to those
reimbursement sums.
5. Acknowledgment of Receipt/Waiver of Right to Independent Legal
Advice. Trainee understands that she has the right to have this document
examined by an attorney of her choosing and to discuss its terms with such
attorney prior to signing it.
Trainee indicates her acknowledgment of her right to examination by an
attorney of her choosing by initialing in one of the boxes below as
applicable.
I fully understand the nature and terms of the binding
obligation created pursuant to this Contract and have chosen
to waive my right to consult an attorney.
I have consulted an attorney regarding this Contract and have
received his or her explanation of its terms as evidenced by
the attorney's signature below.
010338
Attorney of Trainee (# )
Date
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Contract on the
date first above written
TRAINEE:9m1zz
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SU9BLCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this it-a_ day of ( Aiji ,
W WITNESS my hand and official seal.
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My commission expires: 42744)19/ /952
WELD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
By; Par-A et."- ---- By:
Randolph Gordon, M.D. , M.P.H. Go 14 y hairman
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Weld CountyClerk tto the Board
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Deputy Ck rk to the Board
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Gordon E. Lacy, Chairman
Board of County Commissioners April 15, 1991
To Date
COLORADO From Jeannie K. Tacker, Business Manager fU�pJ
Contract for Training and Employment Servicis
Subject:
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Enclosed for Board approval is a contract between Weld County and Jamie
Lindahl.
Ms. Lindahl is a current Public Health Nurse II at the Weld County Health
Department and will be attending nurse practitioner training at U.C.L.A. in
California from April 29, 1991 through August 16, 1991. During this period,
she will continue to be paid her salary. She will assume responsibility for
transportation and housing costs associated with the training. In return,
Ms. Lindahl agrees to perform duties as a nurse practitioner at the Health
Department for a two-year period.
The time period of this contract shall be from April 15, 1991 through
January 23, 1994.
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