HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 12-2008 Ordinance No. 12-08
An Ordinance Revising the Composition,Appointment and Criteria for
Appointment of Members of the Brookings Health System Board of Trustees.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BROOKINGS, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,AS FOLLOWS:
I.
Sec. 42-92. Composition, appointment, criteria for appointment, and name.
(a) The board of trustees shall consist of eight (8) members. In addition,physician-
representatives shall be appointed as described below.
(b) The board of trustees shall be known as the "Brookings Health System Board of
Trustees".The Brookings Health System consists of the Brookings Hospital, Home
Health/Hospice Agency, Brookhaven Estates and Brookview Manor.
(c) The board may grow to more than nine (9) members. Five (5) members shall be
appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the city council and may reside
within or outside the city limits,provided they reside within and are electors of the County
of Brookings. Three (3) members shall be residents and electors of the county and may
reside within or outside the limits of the City of Brookings, and shall be appointed by the
county commission.
(d) In addition, a practicing physician representative from each clinic whose physicians
are members of the active medical staff of the Brookings Hospital and who have been
members of the active medical staff of the Brookings Hospital for at least one (1) year are
eligible for appointment by the mayor,with the advice and consent of the City Council, to
serve on the Brookings Health System Board of Trustees. Such physician representatives
shall have all of the voting privileges as other members of the board of trustees, and may
reside within or outside the city limits,provided they reside within the County of Brookings.
(e) Individuals recommended to the city council or the county commission to serve as
members of the board of trustees shall evidence an interest in fostering and maintaining a
system of quality health care through support of the purpose of the Brookings Health
System as stated in section 42-72. The physician members may be asked at times to recuse
themselves if there is a conflict of interest with their particular practice and contractual or
other issues under discussion. The term of appointment shall be for three (3) years. Advice
from physician representatives is particularly needed to provide information from his or her
medical background that would be beneficial to the needs of the hospital, and,in addition, to
represent the members of the active medical staff of the Brookings Hospital.
(f) Appointment shall be made without reference to race, gender, sexual orientation,
age,handicap,religion, country of origin, or political affiliation.
II.
Any or all ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
FIRST READING: March 25,2008
SECOND READING: April 15, 2008
PUBLISHED: April 18,2008
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