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Mid Valley Hospital CEO urges county to fill commissioner vacancy after board misses 90‑day deadline
Summary
Mid Valley Hospital’s new CEO told Okanogan County commissioners the hospital board missed a 90‑day window to fill a vacant commissioner seat on April 30, transferring appointment authority to the county for an additional 90 days and prompting outreach to find a qualified resident of Hospital District 3’s District 1 (Okanogan area).
Andy Bertapelle, the new chief executive officer of Mid Valley Hospital, told the Okanogan County Board of Commissioners that the hospital’s board failed to fill a vacancy within the statutory 90‑day period, moving the appointment authority to the county.
“I'm Andy Bertapelle. I'm the, brand new CEO for Mid Valley Hospital,” Bertapelle said, explaining he moved to the community in early April and discovered a vacancy on the hospital board arising from a January 30 resignation. “That 90 days actually expired, on April 30 at 5PM,” he said, citing the statutory timeline discussed during the meeting.
Bertapelle said the hospital received three applicants (one on Feb. 26, two on March 4) but, after checking addresses, none of those applicants resided in the geographically defined…
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