Fired WhidbeyHealth CEO Ron Telles’ salary worked out to about $207 an hour, far higher than the average of $130 an hour for CEOs of similarly-sized nonprofit hospitals.
Special Districts
The superintendents of all three Whidbey school districts confirmed their district will follow Governor Inslee’s recommendation.
The Hospital District board has chosen management services firm HealthTechS3 to help run WhidbeyHealth, at a cost of $350,000 per year. They also named an interim CEO, Michael Layfield, whose annual salary is expected to be $375,000.
The South Whidbey School Board appointed Joe Greenheron to fill the vacancy left by Damian Greene.
The Stanwood-Camano School Board voted Feb. 15 to place the same levy that voters rejected earlier this month on a special ballot for April 26.
The Public Hospital District’s board of commissioners fired WhidbeyHealth CEO Ron Telles amid staff turmoil and the hospital’s financial difficulties.
The Whidbey News-Times published an editorial criticizing the inaction of the Hospital District’s board of commissioners.
Stanwood-Camano voters appear to have rejected a school levy, and the School Board is considering sending the same measure back to voters in April.