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PRESENTATION FROM IREDELL MEMORIAL AND LOWRANCE HOSPITALS:
County Attorney Randall said that before the Board took any
action on the bond order, it would be in order Cor the Board to
hear the presentations from the two hospitals requesting the
bonds, Iredell Memorial Hospital and Lowrance Hospital,
IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESENTATION - ALLEN KNOX,
CHAIRMAN OF THE IREDELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BOARD:
"Honorable Members of the Iredell County Board of
Commissioners: I would like to first share with you some infor-
mation concerning the needs of Iredell Memorial Hospital,
d after which, Mr. Grady Shoe, Chairman of the Lowrance Board, will
then make a presentation concerning the Lowrance Hospital needs.
"It is a privilege to have the honor of addressing you on behalf
of the Board of Directors of Iredell Memorial, and, I believe, on
behalf of the majority of the tax paying citizens that our Board
represents.
"Iredell Memorial Hospital is one of Iredell County's finest
assets. It belongs to the citizens that you represent and provides
a large amount of quality medical care. We provide an annual
payroll of $6.3 million. We have concluded that in order to
carry out our responsibility of insuring that this hospital, owned
by the citizens of Iredell County, to insure that it remains
an asset, to insure that it remains a quality caring institution,
that it remains financially sound, that we need then to make some
capital improvements to our facility.