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Bourbon County commissioners assign chair to oversee recovery of Freeman Hospital equipment
Summary
Commissioners voted to have Chairman Jim Harris lead efforts to recover, test and reinstall medical equipment from Freeman Hospital after a verbal commitment from Mercy; county officials said up to $15,000–$20,000 could be spent from a $72,000 contingency fund to bring technicians in for testing.
An unnamed Bourbon County commissioner said the commission has delegated Chairman Jim Harris to oversee recovery and testing of medical equipment from Freeman Hospital, after a verbal commitment from Mercy to release the devices back to the county.
The move came at a special Bourbon County Commission meeting on Oct. 4. The commission briefly entered a five-minute executive session under the statute cited in the meeting as "KSA 70 five-four 319 B4" to discuss data related to financial affairs or trade secrets, then returned and approved a motion naming Harris to handle the Freeman-related work.
The commission’s temporary lead, identified in the meeting only as an unnamed commissioner, said Mercy had given a verbal commitment to return…
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