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Hospital Authority committee receives 10 search-firm proposals; legal counsel outlines Open Meetings Act limits
Summary
The Hospital Authority Board CEO Performance and Search Committee reported 10 proposals for an executive search firm and discussed how the Open Meetings Act constrains committee interaction with candidates. Members set a tentative October meeting schedule while the evaluation group begins scoring proposals.
The CEO Performance and Search Committee of the Hospital Authority Board heard an update on its executive search procurement on Sept. 17, 2025, including that the hospital had received 10 proposals and that legal counsel warned the committee the Open Meetings Act restricts how members may interact with candidates.
Committee chair said the Request for Proposal (RFP) process produced a strong response: "on July 24, we received 10 different proposals to serve in that capacity," the chair told the committee. The committee designated a subset of members to score proposals; that evaluation team will meet next week to begin scoring and may hold multiple meetings before recommending finalists to the committee.
Derek Smith, Metro legal counsel, told the committee the law generally requires deliberations…
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