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J U L 7 198250 VOK F-Al"X28 Hospital Board has the meeting, all that will come up on the agenda is what they want to come up. Frank Zorc, Director of ACT, wished to try to impress on the Commission why it is useless to go to the Hospital -- Board and why the County Commission should be the ones to hold the public hearing so the people can have a truly open forum. He believed that the hospital staff and employees provide excellent patient care and stated that this is not the issue; the issue rather being poor financial administration. Mr. Zorc continued that while he was not convinced the hospital should be sold, he was completely certain that the whole truth about selling it has not been made available to the public. Mr. Zorc claimed that the Hospital Board of Trustees has biased, prejudiced, pre -conceived attitudes, and then described at considerable length the make-up of the Advisory Committee, which was appointed by the Hospital Trustees. He passed out a chart detailing what he felt was the unusual composition of this committee and pointed out possible conflicts of interest. Mr. Zorc continued to discuss the influence on this committee of biased people who own property near the hospital and talked about personal relationships between the Long Range Planning Committee and the Hospital Trustees. He emphasized that the public, who are the true owners of the hospital, must be given the option of considering selling the hospital, and noted that the County Commission is the only body which can place this matter on a referendum and take it to the people. Mr. Seramur commented that the people in the Sebastian area are asking why they should pay taxes to support Indian River'Hospital when they have their own facility which pays taxes. Commissioner Fletcher pointed out that the Hospital Board decided on this issue by a 7 to 1 vote, and they