The Regional Leadership Forum has an unofficial seat at the table during deliberations about the future of Memorial Health System, but what expertise the forum, made up of volunteers from the business and arts community, will bring to the discussion remains to be seen. Forum Chairman Phil Lane admits they don’t have experience crafting requests [...]
Continue reading …Mayor Steve Bach and the three members of the Regional Leadership Forum weren’t officially appointed to the Memorial Task Force, and can meet privately to discuss the hospital’s future and the request for proposals to lease the hospital. That’s the decision from this morning’s task force meeting. Acting only as ex-officio members allows the four [...]
Continue reading …The Regional Leadership Forum made headlines last week when the Colorado Springs City Council tapped it to sort out requests to lease Memorial Health System. But what — and who — is the Regional Leadership Forum? It’s a private, volunteer group comprised of business and community representatives from the city’s most powerful organizations that has [...]
Continue reading …Mayor Steve Bach will take part in ongoing discussions about the future of Memorial Health System. The mayor’s office, which under the new strong mayor regulations in the city charter, has no statutory authority over the municipal hospital, chose to participate after city council voted to allow the mayor and the Regional Leadership Forum to [...]
Continue reading …On Friday, two Memorial Health System board members were asked to leave the hospital ownership task force and were replaced by members of the Regional Leadership Forum. During a commission meeting this morning, Memorial board chairwoman Arlene Stein and trustee Vic Andrews were asked to give up their task force duties and sit in the [...]
Continue reading …Doctors who attended a City Council meeting this week had a message for city leadership: Turn Memorial Health System into a nonprofit. Oh, and hurry up. Speaking in favor of a ballot initiative this week that asks whether the city should end its 62-year obligation to levy taxes if Memorial Health System’s finances needed help, [...]
Continue reading …Mayor Steve Bach hopes to encourage more citizen participation with his new “Spirit of the Springs” initiative. He wants more people to serve on committees, more people to run for city council, more people to apply for city staff. And he wants people who aren’t usually involved with the city to become more involved. It [...]
Continue reading …Memorial Health System has broken off negotiations with the state’s Public Employment Retirement plan – and is threatening legal action. PERA claims that Memorial would have to pay $246 million if it becomes a private nonprofit, but that’s not the way Memorial executive see it. The way Memorial views it: all Memorial employees would be [...]
Continue reading …City council agreed to put an initiative on the Nov. 1 ballot that would remove taxpayers’ liability for Memorial Health System. The council also agreed to hold a request for proposal process, seeking health care groups who want to lease the assets from the city. And, it agreed to allow Mayor Steve Bach and the [...]
Continue reading …City Council will vote Aug. 23 about whether to place a Memorial Health System ownership question on the November ballot, and the biggest factor in the vote is how much Memorial will pay to exit the Public Employees Retirement Association. PERA has calculated it will cost $246 million, a figure that derailed progress toward the [...]
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