Roswell Daily Record (Newspaper) - June 27, 1996, Roswell, New Mexico ell 35 Voice of the Pecos Valley 154 New Mexico 88201 June 1996 Commission discusses hospital options JULIE MARIE BROWN v j RECORD STAFF WRITER A panel discussion hosted by the City Commission On Aging Wednesday night con to raise questions on the possible sale of the Eastern New Mexico Medical The panel comprised of community mem bers discussed the issues in regard to the possible sale and questioned county repre who About 60 people squeezed into Council Chambers at City Hall to listen to the discus sion and ask The which was also broadcast on local access channel was expected to last well into the Early in the County Manager Hubert Quintana presented the County Com missions position on The medical center needs to be privately owned in order for health care in the area to Quintana Under county own the hospital must adhere to state and county codes which are currently preventing the hospital from entering into certain part Quintana went on to say that the County Commission was very concerned about sever al issues in relationship to a sale or lease regardless of who the purchaser may The commission plans to develop a task force for further County Attorney Stanton Riggs said no decisions have been reached and that com munity opinion would be strongly considered before a decision is Panel member Tom Ramage agreed change of ownership is but he said must be locally There is a need for the hospital to be out from under government so it can move said Emmit R a panel Questions were raised by several panel members over the current programs and ser vices offered at Would they be con or eliminated Quintana answered by saying that all of these issues would be considered before a final decision is Possible partnerships with HMOs were a large part of the Hospital Chief Executive Officer Ron Shafer responded to HMO questions raised by several panelists by saying that Roswell already has HMOs and now we must deal with Change of ownership would allow the community to retake control of our health care We have lost he The county wants out of the hospital busi ness primarily because of the growing needs of the County Commissioner Rory McMinn The current county ownership is The panel discussion continued late into the evening with several issues addressed in particularly local control and HMO The City Commission on Aging was expect ed to vote on a formal opinion to be presented to the Roswell City Council asking them to take a stand on the sale of devastation f t t f Blast felt like end of the Saudi Arabia AP There was a sign of but not enough time to get the Americans out of harms Then came a blast so strong it felt like the end of the It was a humid summer night in this coastal A fuel truck pulled up to the metal fence ringing the a group of highrise apartment build ings housing service A airman in an observation tower became When a Saudi officer went to two men jumped out of the truck and drove off in a white Within a 35 stood where the truck had and one side of the nearest apartment building all eight stories of was a heap of concrete and twist ed AP photo Master William Sine was He had just walked out of his room and was heading for the elevator when he felt the Bang It knocked me off the he Anyone who attacks one went Off American attacks all i realized the whole Clinton said side of tne building was Review Board contract changing hands GARY CAMPBELL RECORD STAFF WRITER The contract for administration of the states Citizen Review Boards will be chang ing hands starting July The boards are made up of volunteers that help find permanent placement for New Mexi cos foster The boards are mandated by law and are in 26 communities through out the including The groups meet monthly to hold hearings on various cases involving foster care and then pass recommendations on to the presid See Page 5 UFO Encounter set to invade Roswell JASON BUNCH RECORD STAFF WRITER annual Roswell UFO Encounter 96 com memorating the 49th anniversary of the alleged UFO crash north of Attention its that time of year A plethora of events are scheduled this again when the streets of Roswell are abuzz year again including plane with alien July 4 through 6 will mark the second See Page 5 Artesia City Council facing risk of state controlling its budget KAREN POLLY RECORD STAFF WRITER ARTESIA What didnt happen at the Artesia City Council meeting may have been more significant than what did The council received a let ter from the Department of Finance and Administration which warned it to pass a budget by July 16 Or risk the DFA corning to Artesia on July 30 and intervening with The council voted in a pre vious meeting to hold a spe cial meeting July 16 just for the so it wasnt even mentioned until the end of the Councilor Jose who voted against the budget in past said Tues day he wanted the special meeting to be a workshop instead where councilors can discuss the budget without making any Councilor Nadine who also voted against the suggest ed a workshop be held on July 15 and to have the bud get on July Her motion of the points of con over the budget include a raise for the assis tant city the rent of a building for Municipal employee raises of five per a one percent employee retirement lights for an adult softball funds for library books and revenue bonds for landfill Residents of Artesia had voted in March to buy bonds up to million in order to close the councilors Raul Manuel Barragan and Aguilar voted not to pay for the closure of the landfill with but to pay out of the citys cash reserves Councilors Carl Greek Economides and David See Page 5 Southeastern New Mexicos largest newspaper Forecast Today arid mostly cloudy With scattered showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph and VMI ordered to Comics Obituaries admit women Crossword puzzle Opinion 10 People in the news Entertainment Public records Financial 8 Sports Hints from 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