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Hospital reports construction progress and positive draft audit; change orders discussed
Summary
Hospital officials reviewed November financials and reported a positive year-to-date net income; staff also updated commissioners on construction progress, change orders for flooring and elevator framing, and timelines targeting completion in early March.
Hospital leadership reviewed November financials and construction updates for the ongoing facility project. Financially, staff reported gross patient revenue and operating variances for the month but said year-to-date net operating figures were positive. A draft audit report indicated the hospital had turned around roughly $1 million from the prior year, and the draft will be presented to the hospital board next week.
On construction, staff (S4) reported work on hallways, nurse-station areas and long-term-care sections. A mistake in specified floor material at the ER entrance prompted discussion of replacing the walk-off carpet with LVT (luxury vinyl tile) for durability and cleanability; staff also reported an engineer’s recommendation to beef up elevator wall framing with steel studs, with a quoted cost of roughly $1,300–$1,400 for the framing work to support the elevator rails. These items will appear as change orders and be brought back for approval.
Commissioners were invited to site meetings; staff said the contractor aims to complete major work by early March. The commission did not approve construction change orders during the session; staff will return with formal proposals and cost breakdowns.
