The Board of Directors held their regularly scheduled meeting on March 16, 2009 at the Eldorado office. Chairman Treva Aud called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

Roll Call: David Barker, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, Gretchen Sutton, Ray Smith, Treva Aud

Absent: Kathy Bramlet, Becky Mitchell, Art Saunders, Jan Thaxton

Approval of February 17, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes: Motion by Kerry Jones; seconded by Ray Smith to approve the February 17, 2009 board meeting minutes. All aye.

Approval of March 2009 CQI Minutes: Motion by Lavon Henshaw; seconded by Mike Ray to approve the March 2009 CQI minutes.

Lisa Smith was appointed to be the board representative on the CQI Committee. Becky Mitchell will remain the board representative for the Strategic Planning Committee

Finance Committee Report: Motion by David Barker; seconded by Dwight Howton to approve the March 16, 2009 finance committee report. Roll call vote taken with David Barker, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, Gretchen Sutton, and Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 10 yes and 0 no. Motion carried

Treasurer's Report: Motion by David Barker; seconded by Gretchen Sutton to approve the February 2009 treasurer's report. Roll call vote taken with David Barker, Martin Duffy, Lavon Henshaw, Dwight Howton, Judy Humphrey, Kerry Jones, Mike Ray, Lisa Smith, Gretchen Sutton, Ray Smith voting yes. Vote was 10 yes and 0 no. Motion carried.

Personnel Committee Report: The personnel committee met to discuss the annual evaluation of the CEO. They are working on revising the evaluation form and will meet again next month to finish the evaluation.

Policy Committee Report: The policy committee met to approve two home health policies. The committee recommends that the policies be approved as presented. Motion by Martin Duffy; seconded by Gretchen Sutton to accept he Discharge Policy/Procedure-Home Health 7-043. and the Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System Policy 7-0441 as read with changes.

CEO Report: We received word today that the Family Planning grant was accepted with an additional $18,000 to cover Hamilton County. Refer to CEO report that was included in the board packet.

Program Report- Professional Advisory Committee- Gail Barton
Gail Barton presented the annual Professional Advisory Committee Report. Motion by Mike Ray; seconded by Kerry Jones to approve the March 2008 PAC minutes. All aye.

Unfinished Business: Union negotiations will begin soon and the board representatives for the negotiating committee are Ray Smith, Jan Thaxton and Lisa Smith.

Motion at 7:35 p.m by Martin Duffy; seconded by Mike Ray to adjourn. All aye.

The next meeting will be April 20, 2009 at the Eldorado office

Minutes by Tammy Karnes