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The Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC) Board of Trustees met on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 6:00 PM. The meeting featured the approval of routine consent agenda items, the introduction of two public health ordinances, and the unanimous reappointment of the Executive Director. Board members also voted to approve a governance, risk, and compliance software RFP and received comprehensive operational updates from HHC divisions including Eskenazi Health, the Marion County Public Health Department, Indianapolis EMS, and long-term care facilities, alongside reports from board committees.
This week is spiritual care week, and the 2026 theme is Kinsuji Heart, Healing Through Presence and Grace. The term refers to the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with precious metals and honoring the cracks rather than hiding them. With this visual in mind, we give thanks for the work of the Health and Hospital Corporation in all its branches and divisions. We recognize that for our employees, their daily presence brings healing, resilience, and restoration that is deeply precious to our community. May our board and all who are present this day recognize the role they play in supporting that healing, and may we be blessed through our various acts of service and stewardship. Amen. Thank you, Bishop Rob. Uh I'll do the uh uh roll call uh to order of uh trustee drummer is I believe out in the hallway. We'll come back to him in a minute. Um trustee to set present trustee uh Hannafe Present Trustee Horn. Oh just say present to say present you need just to say present present and uh trustee O'Brien Trustee Drummer Present and I just uh just so it's officially on the record. Uh uh trustee uh Dr. Fish uh did resign uh after the uh September meeting, and uh uh so he's uh we uh we were glad for his service for the time that he was on the board. Um the uh next item uh of business is the uh consent agenda uh which includes the uh board minute uh meet uh minute meeting minutes from the September 18 2026 meeting, the uh uh treasurer and CFO report uh which includes the September 2026 cash disbursements, medical staff appointments, reappointments, and changes to privileges, which are in your board book and summarized in the board book, and the medical uh staff policies number 700-24, the guidelines for performance of sterilization procedures, and 700-79 tissue specimen uh review program, which are also summarized uh in in your board book. Uh is there a uh motion to approve the consent agenda it's been moved by trustee drummer, seconded uh by uh trustee O'Brien. Is there any comment uh from the board at this time? Hearing none, do a roll call vote. Uh Trustee Drummer, yes, Trustee Du Sett. Yes, Trustee Hannafee, yes, trustee Horn, yes, Trustee O'Brien, yes, trustee Lazard vote, yes. The uh consent agenda is approved unanimously uh six to zero. Uh next order item uh of on of order uh business uh is the uh uh general ordinance and uh introduction public hearing. Uh the uh the the first of these is the general ordinance number uh three-2026. I'll turn it over to Health and Hospital Corporation's General Counsel and O'Connor. I have your letter to the board chair Lazard that reads as follows. Dear trustees, General Ordinance number three-2026, food safety was posted in board effect, the online platform for the HHC Board of Trustees documents on Thursday, October 15, 2026. The ordinance amends chapter 8 of the HHC code regarding food safety. Sincerely, Robert W. Lazard, Chairperson. Chair Lazard, I request the general ordinance number 3-2026 for introduction and order read for the first time by title. The ordinance will be received, and we're read for the first time by title by our general counsel, Mrs. O'Connor. Number three-2026, food safety. O'Connor number three twenty twenty six food safety next we'll hear an overview of the ordinance presented by Tara Townsend who is a supervisor for food and consumer food safety Marion County Public Health Department I'll turn it over to you okay we are just um adjusting for the statewide mobile licensing phase so usually it's just the county but now it will be um statewide starting January first anyone have any questions about it does not appear that there are any questions this was discussed in the committee meeting uh in the in in October so thank you um and uh are there Michael did anyone sign up for public comment he said no are there are there any other uh comments from board members the ordinance will be presented for public hearing and adoption at the November 17 2026 uh board of trustees meeting it's because this uh the ordinance uh the resolution or ordinance uh includes uh financial information that has to be adjusted and approved uh as far as increases in fees according to resolution number nine twenty twenty-four the board members uh must be present to participate in that vote therefore all board members uh uh we request you be in person on november 17th uh that takes us to the uh the next item on our agenda which is the uh ordinance general ordinance four dash twenty six uh I'll turn it back over to our general counsel uh connor chair Lazard I have your letter to the board that reads as follows dear trustees general ordinance number four dash twenty twenty six body art facilities was posted in board effect the online platform for HHC Board of Trustees documents on Thursday October 15th 2026 the ordinance amends chapter 17 of the HHC code regarding body art facilities sincerely Robert W.