PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 6.--HOSPITALS
14-644.Governing body of city vested with control of hospital; management
by city governing body; expenditures for
recruitment or retention of professional staff; administrator; assistants;
pension and
deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and
dependents; lease of buildings, furnishings and equipment by certain
cities, election.
The governing body of such city shall be vested with the power, authority and
control of the hospital and nurses training school.
The governing body shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all
moneys collected to the credit of the hospital and training school fund or the
fund of either of them and the purchase of site or sites, the purchase
or construction of any hospital or training school building or buildings,
and the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings
purchased, constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. The
governing body may also expend such funds as deemed necessary in recruitment
or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the
purchase of
professional liability insurance for such staff. The governing
body shall have power to appoint a suitable administrator and necessary
assistants and fix their compensation and shall have power to remove such
appointees and to do all things necessary to properly conduct the
hospital and training school. The board of hospital trustees
is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for
hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their
dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of
life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and
dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The
employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such
insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when
authorized in writing by the respective employee. The governing body of any
city of the second class having a
population of more than 12,500
located in a county having a population of not less than 30,000 nor more than
37,000, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, may lease to
any person, persons, corporation or other legally organized society or
association any hospital buildings, furnishings and equipment upon such terms
and conditions as it may by ordinance declare. Before such ordinance may be
enacted by the governing body, the decision to lease shall first be
approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the city
limits who shall vote at any general or special election where such proposition
to lease appears on the ballot. Preceding such
proposition on the ballot shall be a summary of the material terms and
conditions of the proposed lease.
History: L. 1941, ch. 159, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 3; L. 1971,
ch. 49, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 4;
L. 1991, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 6.--HOSPITALS
14-644.Governing body of city vested with control of hospital; management
by city governing body; expenditures for
recruitment or retention of professional staff; administrator; assistants;
pension and
deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and
dependents; lease of buildings, furnishings and equipment by certain
cities, election.
The governing body of such city shall be vested with the power, authority and
control of the hospital and nurses training school.
The governing body shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all
moneys collected to the credit of the hospital and training school fund or the
fund of either of them and the purchase of site or sites, the purchase
or construction of any hospital or training school building or buildings,
and the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings
purchased, constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. The
governing body may also expend such funds as deemed necessary in recruitment
or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the
purchase of
professional liability insurance for such staff. The governing
body shall have power to appoint a suitable administrator and necessary
assistants and fix their compensation and shall have power to remove such
appointees and to do all things necessary to properly conduct the
hospital and training school. The board of hospital trustees
is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for
hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their
dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of
life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and
dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The
employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such
insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when
authorized in writing by the respective employee. The governing body of any
city of the second class having a
population of more than 12,500
located in a county having a population of not less than 30,000 nor more than
37,000, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, may lease to
any person, persons, corporation or other legally organized society or
association any hospital buildings, furnishings and equipment upon such terms
and conditions as it may by ordinance declare. Before such ordinance may be
enacted by the governing body, the decision to lease shall first be
approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the city
limits who shall vote at any general or special election where such proposition
to lease appears on the ballot. Preceding such
proposition on the ballot shall be a summary of the material terms and
conditions of the proposed lease.
History: L. 1941, ch. 159, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 3; L. 1971,
ch. 49, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 4;
L. 1991, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
Article 6.--HOSPITALS
14-644.Governing body of city vested with control of hospital; management
by city governing body; expenditures for
recruitment or retention of professional staff; administrator; assistants;
pension and
deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and
dependents; lease of buildings, furnishings and equipment by certain
cities, election.
The governing body of such city shall be vested with the power, authority and
control of the hospital and nurses training school.
The governing body shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all
moneys collected to the credit of the hospital and training school fund or the
fund of either of them and the purchase of site or sites, the purchase
or construction of any hospital or training school building or buildings,
and the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings
purchased, constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. The
governing body may also expend such funds as deemed necessary in recruitment
or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the
purchase of
professional liability insurance for such staff. The governing
body shall have power to appoint a suitable administrator and necessary
assistants and fix their compensation and shall have power to remove such
appointees and to do all things necessary to properly conduct the
hospital and training school. The board of hospital trustees
is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for
hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their
dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of
life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and
dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The
employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such
insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when
authorized in writing by the respective employee. The governing body of any
city of the second class having a
population of more than 12,500
located in a county having a population of not less than 30,000 nor more than
37,000, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, may lease to
any person, persons, corporation or other legally organized society or
association any hospital buildings, furnishings and equipment upon such terms
and conditions as it may by ordinance declare. Before such ordinance may be
enacted by the governing body, the decision to lease shall first be
approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the city
limits who shall vote at any general or special election where such proposition
to lease appears on the ballot. Preceding such
proposition on the ballot shall be a summary of the material terms and
conditions of the proposed lease.
History: L. 1941, ch. 159, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 3; L. 1971,
ch. 49, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 4;
L. 1991, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.