Commissioners to face packed agenda, possible termination of CEO

By normal standards, the agenda for tonight’s hospital district meeting is crowded with discussion items. Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 Commissioners will receive information and consider action on a variety of items.

The agenda and board meeting materials were emailed to The Journal on Tuesday evening by Dina McBride, the district’s administrative assistant. Under New Business the agenda includes a resolution for the termination of Chief Executive Officer Mark Barglof.

The resolution does not establish if the termination is for cause or without cause.

If the resolution is approved, the commissioners will have delivered a notice of termination to Barglof that will be effective at the next regular meeting of the commissioners in February.

The resolution also states the board will establish a search plan and initiate the search for a replacement administrator.

Inland Imaging’s business entity will present a proposal for financial services for the district. The proposal includes collection services of the district’s growing accounts receivable from private pay patients. The agency also offers options for general financial services for the district.

Currently, the hospital district is operating without a chief financial officer, following the December departures of interim CFO Jennifer Wilbur and the Annette Edwards. Edwards was hired in July as a part time CFO.

“We currently don’t have access to a CFO to produce financial statements, prepare year-end report and provide oversight of our business office,” wrote CEO Mark Barglof in his prepared report for the commissioners.

Since the failure of one of the district’s boilers in its heating system, a number of electrical issues were discovered when a temporary boiler was installed.

An emergency electrical system presentation appears on the agenda under Old Business.

Under New Business the commissioners are expected to discuss an amendment to the district’s 2011 operating budget.

When the 2011 budget was approved, the commissioners anticipated operating expenses to be $5,225,670. Expenses ultimately were $5,829,075.

The budget assumptions predicted an operating loss of $434,770. The final outcome was an operating loss of $719,055.

Had the district hit its budget mark it would have ended the year with a positive net income of $185,929, thanks to property tax collections and non-operating income of of $620,699.

The district actually posted a net loss instead of $87,285.

The purchase of a new ambulance also appears on the agenda.

The commissioners are also expected to go into executive session to discuss medical staff credentialing and the district’s contract with the architectural firm Blue Room.

The company was retained to generate a conceptual design for a new hospital in the event the commissioners elect to proceed with design and construction of a replacement facility.