Hospital Board Holds Secret Meeting Ahead of Terminations

Full Board Not Included

State Senator Weighs In

Alleged New Hires Not Made Public

Legality of Board Practices Questioned

Worry Over Possible Closure Consumes Elected Officials

By Echo Menges, NEMOnews Media Group

Scotland County, MO The Scotland County Hospital District Board of Directors hosted a series of closed session meetings in August during which three hospital administrators were allegedly terminated by the board, a new lawyer was allegedly hired along with a new Chief Financial Officer.

None of these claims have been confirmed by the hospital’s new Chief Executive Officer or board chairperson, nor have they been released to the public.

At least one board member, the board treasurer and longest-running member of the board Bob Neese, is questioning whether two of the three secret meetings were legal and whether the votes taken during those meetings to apparently terminate the hospital Chief Executive Officer Dr. Randy Tobler, Chief Financial Officer Michael Brandon, and Chief of Human Resources Terri Schmitt have any standing because of it. Neese also questions the legality of the alleged hiring of a new lawyer, David Penn, and the alleged appointment of a new CFO, Achim Hoyal.

Neese has also allegded that the board chairperson Lori Fulk and others on the SCH BOD purposefully did not notify two of the six-member board about the special emergency meeting held on August 15, during which it was allegedly decided...

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