Hospital commission adopts meetings policy

Coulee Medical Center’s governing commissioners passed a resolution Friday night that sets out Public Hospital District 6’s typical meeting agenda and policies for handling unruly meetings.

Resolution 815 adopts normal agendas for regular and special meetings, essentially identical to what the commission has used for years.

A section on public comments restricts them to the end of the meeting agenda, allotting three minutes per speaker and other rules, including those set for the removal of “individuals who interrupt the orderly conduct of any meeting.”

Commissioners adopted the resolution following the special meeting’s closed session, called to consider legal risks with the district’s attorney, and to review public employee performance or qualifications of an applicant.

The commission meets in its regularly scheduled monthly meeting tonight (Wednesday) immediately following a hearing set for 6 p.m. on the district’s 2014 budget.