ITEM TITLE:
Council Consensus: Hospital Department
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Carlson, Finance Director
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: N/A
Unencumbered Balance: N/A
Funding Source: N/A
RECOMMENDATION:
Provide consensus for final budget figures
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
• Staff’s recommended October 12 workshop objective is to set the appropriation. Staff observes that the Hospital Board and joint Council/Board workshops are better venues to have detailed discussions of operations and the management contract.
• The Hospital Department is within the City’s General Fund, and reflects the City’s cash contribution to operations, which are managed by Providence.
• Prior-years’ budgets reflected City maintenance staff. These positions were absorbed by Providence beginning in 2017.
• 2017 figures reflect pre-paid workman’s comp insurance costs carried-forward from the City’s 2016-2017 policy. This figure will be eliminated when the City closes its 2017 books.
• The City does not budget Hospital revenues. These are accounted for by Providence.
• Attachment: Hospital Detail