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State Law Reference — Board of hospital trustees,
RSMo. § 96.160 et seq.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 1; Ord.
No. 2009-47 § A, 11-24-2009; Ord. No. 2014-08 § 1, 4-22-2014; Ord. No. 2015-07 § 1, 3-10-2015]
There is hereby created a City Hospital Board of Trustees, which
shall be composed of nine (9) members to be appointed by the Mayor,
with the approval of the City Council. Five (5) members of the Board
shall be citizens of the City, and all members shall be citizens of
Lafayette County, Missouri.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, §§ 1,2; Ord. No. 2009-47 § A, 11-24-2009; Ord. No. 2014-08 § 1, 4-22-2014; Ord. No. 2015-07 § 1, 3-10-2015]
Members of the Hospital Board of Trustees shall serve for a
period of four (4) years from the date of appointment and approval
thereof by the City Council, except for the members appointed to terms
beginning in 2015 who shall serve for the period for which each member
is appointed. For members appointed to terms beginning in 2015, three
(3) such members shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, two
(2) such members shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, two
(2) such members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years
and, two (2) such members shall be appointed for a term of four (4)
years from the date of appointment.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 2009-47, adopted
November 24, 2009, repealed section 12-16 "political affiliation of
members" in its entirety. Former section 12-16 derived from ord. of
10-25-1949 § 2. This section has been reserved for the city's
future use.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 1,3]
Vacancies on the Hospital Board of Trustees shall be filled
in the same manner as regular appointments. Such appointees shall
serve the remainder of the term of the member whose position was vacated.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 11]
The members of the Hospital Board of Trustees shall serve without
compensation, except such compensation as may hereafter be provided
by ordinance.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 4]
Within ten (10) days after the appointment by the Mayor and
confirmation by the City Council of the first Hospital Board of Trustees,
the members thereof shall meet and organize, by electing one (1) of
their members President and one (1) Secretary and such other officers
as they deem necessary.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 5]
The Hospital Board of Trustees shall make and adopt such by-laws,
rules and regulations for the management of the City Hospital, and
the admission and discharge of patients, as they may deem expedient.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 6]
The Hospital Board of Trustees shall control the expenditures
of all monies collected to the credit of the Hospital Fund and for
equipping and operating the City Hospital.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 7]
All monies collected from taxes, donations and from any other
source for hospital purposes shall be deposited in the City Treasury
to the credit of the Hospital Fund, and drawn upon by the vouchers
of the proper officers of the Hospital Board of Trustees.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 8; Ord.
No. 2009-47 § A, 11-24-2009]
The Hospital Board of Trustees shall employ such help, professional
and otherwise, as may be necessary to carry out the spirit and intent
of Sections 96.150 to 96.220, RSMo., and all such assistants and employees
shall serve at the pleasure of the Hospital Board of Trustees.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 10]
Any person making a bequest or donation to the City Hospital
shall have the right to vest the title to real or personal property
in the Hospital Board of Trustees and all such bequests or donations
shall be held and controlled by the Hospital Board of Trustees as
special trustees of such bequests or donations.
[Ord. of 10-25-1949, § 9; Ord. of 9-19-1972, § 2]
The Hospital Board of Trustees shall make, on or before the
second Monday in June of each year, a detailed itemized report, in
writing, showing the receipts of all funds and expenditures for the
preceding twelve (12) months, which report shall include each donation,
the name of the donor and the date and amount of each donation.
[Ord. No. 81-13 §§ 1-5, 11-3-1981]
A.
The purpose and intent of the City Council in enacting this Section
is to facilitate compliance by the Board of Trustees and Administration
of the Municipal Hospital with the terms, covenants, regulations and
conditions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code so that
the Municipal Hospital employees may purchase tax sheltered annuities.
B.
No part of the net earnings of the hospital shall inure to the benefit
of, or be distributed to, members of the Board of Trustees, officers
or other private persons, except that the Board of Trustees shall
be authorized to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered.
C.
No substantial part of the activities of the hospital shall be the
carrying on of lobbying or otherwise attempting to influence legislation,
and the hospital shall not participate in any political campaign on
behalf of any candidate for public office or carry on any other activity
not permitted by organization exempt from Federal Income Tax under
Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
D.
Should it become necessary for the dissolution of the hospital, the
Board of Trustees shall, after making provision for payment of all
liabilities, determine that the assets of the hospital shall be distributed
to the City of Lexington and that said assets shall be used exclusively
for public purposes.
E.
This Section is passed at the instance and request of the Internal
Revenue Code and does not change the present laws or ordinances of
the City of Lexington but merely clarifies the prescriptions and proscriptions
of our Hospital Ordinance.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 2009-47, adopted
November 24, 2009, repealed section 12-27 "lease of hospital suspends
board of trustees" in its entirety. This section has been reserved
for the city's future use.
