On Oct, 15, the trustees approved a deal that would lease the hospital to non-profit Montrose Memorial Hospital Inc., which then entered into an agreement with hospital management company Quorum Health Resources.
The injunction claims the trustees failed to provide public notice of meetings surrounding the deal, thereby violating the state’s Sunshine, or open meetings, laws. Additionally, the injunction argues the hospital board went beyond its authority in entering into the lease, because the lease is allegedly just an attempt to disguise a sale or transfer of assets, according to the report. The board does not have authority to transfer hospital assets, since the assets are owned by the county.
A hospital trustee responded that the meetings were properly publicized.
Read the Montrose Daily Press report on Montrose Memorial Hospital.
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