NEWS
Closing ‘a real possibility’ for Bowie Memorial Hospital; board members say financial problems have not changed
By BARBARA GREEN
Is Bowie Memorial Hospital closing?
When confronted with that direct question, Board Chairman Tim Winn choose his words carefully, but said, “it is a real possibility.”
“Our biggest issue is revenue and it is not keeping up with expenses, so yes, it is a very real possibility, despite all that has been done to reduce costs,” explained Winn.
It has been a tumultuous five years for the Bowie Memorial Hospital and its board of directors: Loss of administrative leadership, a failed tax district election, staffing cuts, selling off assets and, in the end, trying to find any option to keep the doors open.
It has become something of a snowball that continues to roll downhill toward closing with very few obstacles still standing in its way.
Recently, two members of the board of directors, and the chief executive officer, met with City of Bowie officials to provide them with the status of the hospital.
It also may have been a foreshadowing of things to come as the city council was scheduled to meet with its legal counsel Tuesday night to consider its legal obligations as the creator of the hospital authority.
Read the full news feature on the status of Bowie Memorial Hospital in the mid-week News.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
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