HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_1090IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RETREAT MINUTES
NOVEMBER 17, 1995
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Special
Session on Friday, November 17, 1995 at the Mooresville Citizen's
Center, 211 North Main Street, Mooresville, NC.
Present for the meeting were:
Sara K. Haire, Chairman
David A. Boone, Vice Chairman
Steve Johnson
Doug Madison
Alice M. Stewart
Staff present: Joel Mashburn, County Manager
William P. Pope, County Attorney
Jerry Lundy, Dir. of Services & Development
Susan Blumenstein, Dir. of Finance & Adm. Services
Jean Moore, Clerk to the Board
Media present at various times during the day:
Audrey Montgomery, Record & Landmark
Annette Prevette, Mooresville Tribune
Brad Clanton, Mooresville Tribune
Jim Wrinn, Charlotte Observer-Iredell Neighbors
Kevin Robinson, Lake Norman News
Chairman Haire called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m.
NOME NEALTN: County attorney Bill Pope advised that
recently he had met with Bill Mashburn (Health Dept.), Jeff Koeze
(Institute of Government), Gary Bowers (J & G Consultants, Inc.),
and the county manager to explore ideas about the home health
agency. Pope mentioned that it was still the health department's
feeling that the home health agency needed to be transferred.
The volume of service is not declining, but the market share is
shrinking. Mr. Pope mentioned several options:
1. Form a home health alliance
2. Retain as is
3. Create a separate hospital authority (nonprofit
organization)
4. Create a joint venture between the County and a
hospital
5. Sell the agency
Wake County utilized G.S. 131E-13 to sell its home health
agency. The process took about four months and will take about
six months to implement. Pope also mentioned that selling the
agency would be very similar to the sale of Lowrance Hospital a
few years ago. He learned from Jeff Koeze that restrictions
incorporated in the sale documents can be "generic." Wake County
simply asked what its bidders planned to do for indigent care.
Chairman Haire mentioned that she had been contacted by Mr.
Jeff Corbett who indicated that Davis Hospital was still
interested in obtaining the agency.
The county manager reminded the group that they needed to
remember the present employees of the agency. Also, this agency
currently occupies office space at the health department.
Commissioner Madison stated that he favored an upset bid
method for the disposal of the agency. He mentioned that this
puts all potential buyers on a "level playing field," and the
taxpayers would come out better. Pope said he didn't recall
anything in G.S. 131E about this type of method, but that he knew
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