1989-11-01 Regular MeetingADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
I. CALL TO ORDER: 7:19 pin by Vice President Betty Springhill.
PRESENT: Gretchen Saupe, Betty Springhill -acting Chairperson, Ben
Ardinger, and Lonnie White; also present, administrator Don Wee;
guests, Mike Lockwood -Sr. Administrator -AK, Kate Fitzgerald,
Margaret French.
II. AGENDA: Motion by Lonnie White, seconded by Ben Ardinger to
add Executive Session under IV., Communications, and a secondm
Executive Session under Administrator's Report. Motion Passed
Unanimously. Agenda approved as modified.
III. MINUTES:
A. 10/18/89: Accepted as presented.
B. 10/26/89, Finance: Accepted as presented.
IV. NEW BUSINESS: Due to time constraints for one member, New
Business was moved up so Don could present his financial report at
this time. Don gave an overview of the overall hospital operations
using bar graphs and line graphs with information for the years
1984 -present. Evident was the rising cost of major expenses,
deductions from revenue, charity/bad debt, and the concurrent
reduction in patient days and reimbursement from Medicare/Medicaid.
Margaret discussed the Hill Burton audit and resulting charity
debt totalling 1.5 million. An appeal is underway, and she will
write letters to senators to request assistance with thi.s.
V. COMMUNICATIONS
7:34 pm: Regular Meeting Recesses.
7:35 pin: Executive Session convenes with Mike Lockwood (Personnel
Issues).
8:45 pin: Executive Session ends.
8:46 pm: Regular Meeting Reconvenes.
VI. OLD BUSINESS
A. Carpet Bid: Due to conflict of interest, Ben abstained from
discussion or vote. Due to his abstention, no action could be
taken due to a lack of a quorum. This will be on the next agenda.
VII. ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
C/T Scanner Visit: Dr. Tscherish, Randy Packard (Xray dept
head), and Don visited a Toshiba CT in Seattle. More information
is forthcoming and will be brought to the Board.
Joel Bieswinger from LHS here to conduct internal audit. Has
minor recommendations, which will be brought to the Finance
Committee. Overall everything looks good.
The Board complimented Don and Margaret on their thorough and
very understandable 1990 budget.
Don informed Gretchen the smoking issue is si:ill being
investigated, pending a quote for moving the SmokEater.
Before going to KIB, a forma] written propos:-1l will be
developed through the Finance Committee.
Ben motioned that the administrator draft a policy that termination
(firing) of a department head be reviewed and approved by the
Board. Discussion. Motion died due to lack of a 2nd. Further
discussion held and consensus was a motion was not needed; members
requested Don draft a policy and bring it to the Board.
Lonnie White left.
Discussion on presentation for KIB. Members asked Don to
prepare presentation that shows 4-6 areas that would be appropriate
for funding.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT: 9:20pm
Recorded by Beth Stotil-Reiland
qetty/4triIli,,,, ice President
Gretchen ci Saupe, Secretary