HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 29-2006 ORDINANCE NO. 29-06
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 shall be
residents and electors of the city. Three (3)members shall be residents and electors of
the county, residing outside the corporate limits of the city 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: August 29, 2006
SECOND READING: September 12, 2006 (Tabled)
September 26, 2006
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2006
CITY 0 BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
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