Island County Commissioners declined to co-sign a loan for the Whidbey Island Hospital District. The district needs short-term financing to meet payroll until new levy funds begin to arrive in May.
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The Whidbey News-Times published an editorial on Mar. 2, 2022, calling for the replacement of the board of commissioners of the Whidbey Island Hospital District.
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.
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.