SECTION 10.02. BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

   The Municipal Hospital shall be operated, managed and controlled by a Board of Governors comprised of six members consisting of the Mayor, who by virtue of his or her office shall be its Chairperson, and five electors of the City, at least one of whom shall be a doctor of medicine, to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the Council each for a term of four years. A vacancy in the office of any appointed member shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term of such office. Where the City has entered in a participatory agreement with a joint township hospital district board or with a board of county commissioners concerning the involvement of such district or county in the erection or enlargement of the Hospital, the maintenance and operation thereof, or both, the membership of the Board of Governors shall be expanded to include such representatives appointed by the participating district or county board as may be provided for in any such agreement.

   A majority of the members of the Board of Governors, shall constitute a quorum. Such Board may establish such by-laws and regulations governing its procedures, and may elect such officers other than president, as its members determine. Members shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be established by the Council or, where the City has entered into a participatory agreement with a joint township hospital district board or with a board of county commissioners, as may be provided for in such agreement.

(Added 11-2-76; Amended 11-3-20)