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Marion County reappoints Health and Hospital Corporation representative amid calls to finalize leader contracts
Summary
Carl Drummer was reappointed to the Health and Hospital Corporation at the Marion County commissioners’ Dec. 17 meeting; Drummer praised Eskenazi’s work and said contracts for several senior leaders remain overdue. The reappointment passed with one recorded abstention.
Commissioners reappointed Carl Drummer to the Marion County Health and Hospital Corporation on Dec. 17 after Drummer presented a brief report on the corporation’s work and outstanding administrative matters.
Drummer praised Eskenazi’s work in public health and information technology, saying the hospital’s efforts have positioned it favorably. “They did a magnificent job,” Drummer said when describing patient care and the hospital’s recent initiatives.
He also told commissioners that contracts for several leaders — identified in the transcript as Dr. Kane, Dr. Harris and the corporation’s CEO — were “well over past due,” and urged that the contracts be completed. The transcript records discussion of outstanding contracts but contains no departmental response or timeline for resolution.
During the voice vote on Drummer’s reappointment, one commissioner recorded an abstention; the motion carried. The transcript does not record a formal roll-call tally beyond the abstention.
The Health and Hospital Corporation update included praise for new and expanded community facilities and for local public-health work, particularly at the East-side location, which commissioners noted is a welcome local asset. The commission did not take separate formal action on the contracts during the meeting; follow-up was recorded in the meeting record as a planned administrative task.
