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[0:08] Okay. Thanks everybody for being here. It's Tuesday, September 1st. We're having a bit of an impromptu board meeting here at the hospital to resolve an urgent issue that has come up. So, um, do we need to go?
[0:30] talk about who's in attendance. I don't think so. We do have a
[0:32] quorum here. In fact, just about all board members are here.
[0:39] But, let's see. So, okay, I'll ask, we start with a word of
[0:44] prayer. Anybody willing to offer that? Danny, would you
[0:48] offer that?
[0:49] I don't even bother. We are so grateful to have this be able to
[0:54] play you for us today and work grateful for our many blessings
[0:56] things out of those prior forms.
[0:59] These busses we meet together as a hospital board today
[1:02] that we can listen to the bags and information that we're
[1:08] giving them, the choices that are the best for the hospital
[1:12] and for the people of the hospital serves.
[1:15] And these blessings we have for them by son Jesus Christ.
[1:20] OK, I'll entertain a motion to move into a closed session.
[1:24] There's lots of reasons we might
[1:26] move into a closed session. I think it's okay to say today we're discussing a merger
[1:33] of sorts with a partner and so motion from Kim that we move into closed session,
[1:45] we have a second, and a second by Mary Lynn. All in favor of doing that, Kim, Mary Lynn,
[1:52] Dr. Barton, Greg, yes, Casey, yes, and Danny, yes.
[2:00] Okay.