SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 2, 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE
Houser agrees to stay on temporarily
REAL ESTATE
COUNTY OF MORROW PROPERTY WANTED
FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOR A NEW GOVERN-
MENT BUILDING
INVITATION TO SUB-
MIT PROPOSALS, Pro-
posals Due: 3:00 p.m.,
December 18, 2020 .. The
County of Morrow, Ore-
gon is requesting proposals
from Banking firms to pro-
vide financing services for
a new Government Facili-
ty. The Banking firm will
be responsible for working
with the Morrow County
Team to assist in making
recommendations on all
aspects of the proposed
financing. The New Gov-
ernment Facility is esti-
mated to be 13,262 square
feet with a Guaranteed
Maximum Price (GMP)
of $6.85 million. To be
considered, interested par-
ties must submit their pro-
posals in accordance with
the requirements set forth
in the Request for Pro-
posals (RFP). Responses
will be reviewed, scored,
and ranked according to
the criteria and process
defined in the RFP. The
Banking firm selected will
be the most qualified as de-
termined through the eval-
uation process. The RFP is
available on the Morrow
County website, https://
www.co.morrow.or.us/
rfps. If, after downloading
and reading the informa-
tion provided in the RFP
you have inquiries, please
contact Darrell Green,
County Administrator, via
e-mail (dgreen@co.mor-
row.or.us) or at (541) 676-
2529, Monday through
Friday, between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Proposals shall be sub-
mitted in accordance with
instructions in the RFP.
Responses received after
the designated closing date
and time will not be opened
or reviewed. The County
may reject any response
not in compliance with all
prescribed solicitation pro-
cedures and requirements
and other applicable law,
and may reject any or all
responses in whole or in
part when the cancellation
or rejection is in the best
interest of the County, and
at no cost to the County.
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11-25-tfn
Morrow County Health
District CEO Bob Houser
has agreed to stay on as
head of the district until
February if necessary, after
the board was unable to find
a replacement for him.
The board has reached
a dead end in replacing
Houser, who was slated to
retire at the end of Decem-
ber. MCHD Chairman John
Murray told the Gazette
that two of the board’s top
picks for CEO dropped out
of contention and another
would be hired only on a
temporary basis.
In good news for the
district however, Chief
Financial Officer Nicole
Mahoney told the board
that MCHD could receive
nearly $6 million as a re-
sult of the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief and Econom-
ic Security (CARES) Act
passed by Congress and
into law March 27. Provider
Relief Funding for MCHD
includes $388,830 general
distribution, $3,476,015
in rural distribution and
$148,384 for RHC Testing
for a total of $4,013,229.
Mahoney said that an ad-
ditional $1,788,357 loan
received on April 21 from
the Paycheck Protection
Program will be forgiven,
for a total of $5,801,586.
Mahoney stipulated how-
ever, the monies would be
received “unless the gov-
ernor (Kate Brown) shuts
it down.”
Houser said he was in
the process of registering
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
as a COVID vaccination
program center. “Doses of
the vaccine, when avail-
able, will be shipped to the
hospital where it will be
distributed to at least three
vaccination pods through-
out the county,” said Hous-
er. “We are working with
Public Health in setting up
frequency of distributions
according to availability of
vaccine. Our initial ship-
ment will be 975 doses for
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Tier I healthcare workers,
front line staff. . .” Houser
said that the vaccinations
will be a two-shot series.
The meeting also in-
cluded a somewhat con-
tentious response to a re-
port presented by Lauren
Harris of Harris Healthcare
Consulting via Zoom that
reported the Irrigon Health
Care Clinic, also operated
by the district, basical-
ly showed better employ-
ee satisfaction than the
MCHD clinic in Heppner.
The board, headed up by
Chair John Murray, intends
to receive more input from
Harris, and work to resolve
the possible issues at PMC.
In other business, the
board:
-approved physician
privileges for Providence
Telestroke providers Dr.
James Wang and Dr. James
Giles.
-received a report from
Chief Nursing Officer Ja-
mie Houck, RN.
-heard a report from
Patti Allstott, Human Re-
sources director, who said
four people had been hired
since the October board
meeting. She said they are
currently continuing re-
cruiting for an information
services director, an infor-
matics analyst, a recep-
tionist at Pioneer Memorial
Clinic, a purchasing/central
supply clerk to replace
Pennie Miller who will
retire in the spring; and a
community relations and
communications direct to
replace Katie Murray. She
said one person transferred
from a receptionist position
at PMC to the same position
at IMC.
-the laboratory earlier
reported the district has
over 1,000 COVID tests
from the state and has done
over 1,200 rapid tests.
-discussed a memo
from Eric Volk of WIPFLI
concerning the CARES
Funding Revenue Rec-
ognition and Timing and
employee retirement con-
tributions.
-approved the purchase
of a new Digital Reader
system for Radiology for
$55,000, with a grant of
$27,550 and the remaining
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-received the follow-
ing profit/loss statement
through October from Ma-
honey: The district had
$1,258,906 in gross pa-
tient revenue, $178,589
in revenue deductions;
$185,460 in tax revenue
for $1,285,266 in total op-
erating revenue; $1,397,421
in total operating expenses,
a $102,180 non-operating
gain for a loss of $9,974 for
the month.
-heard from Houser
that he met with Rusty Estes
and Mike Hughes, Board-
man Fire Chief concerning
transports, with Hughes
stressing the Boardman Fire
Department did not want
to take over the Boardman
Ambulance Service.
-learned from Hous-
er that he and Dr. Russ
Nichols met with Dr. Em-
ily (Thompson) Jack con-
cerning her possible em-
ployment with the district.
Houser said she would be
at PMH January 4-10 to
work with the providers.
The board subsequently
approved paying Jack a
$1,000 per month stipend
for 18 months to begin in
January, in addition to the
previously approved sign-
ing bonus. Jack is currently
completing her residency
in Boise. The board also
approved exploring an in-
crease in current clinic
providers’ compensation.
-learned from Hous-
er that Eileen McElligott,
FNP, will be working in
the Ione Clinic an extra day
after the first of the year,
tentatively set for Mondays
and Thursdays.
-heard from Houser the
MRI vendor will only come
to Heppner once a month
instead of the current every
other week schedule due to
the small number of scans
conducted
-received a report from
Houser concerning a request
from the Columbia River
Enterprise Zone (CREZ
II) Board asking how the
2019 funds from CREZ
were spent. He said MCHD
asked for $250 thousand, of
which $150 thousand was
for the Irrigon Ambulance
garage and $100 thousand
for the new clinic project in
Heppner. MCHD received
$189,882.86 from CREZ II.
-received the following
report: Pioneer Memorial
Hospital had six admissions
in October, three swing bed
skilled admissions, eight
admissions for observation,
809 total outpatients, 95
emergency room encoun-
ters, 1,973 lab tests, 105
x-ray/ultrasound tests, 46
CT scans, nine MRI scans,
37 EKG tests, one lower
endoscopy procedure, one
upper endoscopy proce-
dure, 39 respiratory therapy
encounters.
-received the following
clinic reports for October:
Pioneer Memorial Clinic
in Heppner had 355 patient
visits with 17 new patients,
53 seen by a nurse, 11 no-
shows and 45 cancellations;
Irrigon Medical Clinic had
404 patient visits, with nine
new patients, 203 seen by
a nurse and 34 no-shows;
Ione Community Clinic had
42 patient visits, 24 seen by
a nurse and one no-show.
-received the following
ambulance report: Heppner
Ambulance had 32 page
outs with 24 transports
for $36,040 in revenue;
Boardman Ambulance had
31 page outs with 22 trans-
ports for $46,161 in rev-
enue; Irrigon Ambulance
had 36 page-outs with 18
transports for $29,024 in
revenue; Ione Ambulance
had three page-outs and
one transport for $1,684 in
revenue. There were six life
flights.
-received the following
Home Health report: 129
patient visits for October;
Hospice had two admis-
sions and one death.
-received the report
that Pharmacy had 2,305
drug doses for $107,960 in
revenue.
-received a 2021 board
meeting calendar as follows
with meetings beginning
at 7 p.m. unless otherwise
indicated: January 25, Ione
Community Church; Feb-
ruary 22, PMC Conference
Room, Heppner, 6 p.m.
dinner, 6:30 p.m. board
meeting; March 29, Sand
Hollow Room, Port of Mor-
row, Boardman; April 26,
MCGG Conference Room,
Lexington; May 24, 6 p.m.
dinner, 6:30 p.m. meeting,
PMC Conference Room,
Heppner; June 28, 6 p.m.
dinner, 6:30 p.m. board
meeting, Irrigon Medical
Clinic; July 26, Ione Com-
munity Church; August
30, dinner 6 p.m., meeting
6:30 p.m., PMC Conference
Room, Heppner; September
27, Sand Hollow Room,
Boardman; October 22,
dinner 6 p.m., meeting 6:30
p.m., Irrigon Medical Clin-
ic; November 29, dinner 6
p.m., meeting 6:30 p.m.,
PMC Conference Room,
Heppner; December 27
meeting undetermined at
this time.
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Tuesday, December 8th
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Thursday, December 10th
for training.
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