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Trustees table agenda items tied to possible legal claims over ARPA spending and Carrus Lakeside
Summary
The Authority voted to table agenda items that would have opened an executive-session review of potential claims by the Oklahoma State Department of Health over ARPA reimbursements and possible reimbursement claims by Carrus Lakeside Hospital, LLC. The motion to table passed by roll call.
Chairman Kris Wyatt called for a motion to table agenda items #6, #7 and #9; Trustee Jeff Roberts moved and Trustee Brian Peters seconded, and the board approved the motion by roll call. The agenda language circulated before the meeting described item 6 as a proposed executive session to discuss potential claims by the Oklahoma State Department of Health involving ARPA grant reimbursement and possible claims for reimbursement by Carrus Lakeside Hospital, LLC, citing 25 O.S. §307(B)(4). The motion to table passed with Church, Fletcher, Groom, Johns, Peters, Roberts and Witty voting Aye.
The packet described item 7 as potential follow-up action after any executive session, including authorizing the Authority's attorney and outside counsel to evaluate the claims, communicate with the Department of Health and Carrus, and take action as directed by the trustees. Item 9 was listed as consideration of a Fourth Amendment to the Hospital Development Agreement with Carrus Lakeside, LLC. Trustees did not debate the merits in public at this meeting; they instead chose to postpone further discussion by tabling the items. The action leaves in place the Authority's existing authority to pursue counsel-led review and preserves the agenda items for a future meeting.
