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Council legal counsel says hospital nominations met statute after Watkins raises point of order
Summary
Council member Enolia Watkins challenged the process used to nominate candidates to the Health Care Authority board, alleging undue influence by the hospital CEO; city legal counsel said the nominations complied with the Health Care Authority Act of 1982 and denied the point of order.
Council member Enolia Watkins raised a point of order at the May 8 Huntsville City Council meeting, alleging that the hospital system’s CEO improperly influenced a slate of nominees to the Health Care Authority board and that the proper process was not followed.
Watkins said the CEO had led “a charge to who could and who could not be nominated,” and that she had not been afforded the opportunity to meet with nominees as she expected. “It was illegal, and you all know it,” Watkins said during the meeting.
City legal counsel William Riley responded that he had reviewed the procedure and found no violations of statute or local procedure. “The statute…
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