IMPORTANT: The Regular meetings scheduled for November 20th and 27th have been cancelled. The Board of Commissioners will hold their next Regular meeting on December 4th.
Category: Board Updates
The Agenda for the November 13th regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners has been posted.
PLEASE NOTE: The time and place for this meeting are changed due to a conflict with the regular meeting location at OIFR. The will be held from 3 – 5 pm at the Orcas Island Library, Community Room.
The Agenda for the regular meeting of the OIHCD Board has been posted. Additional material will be posted on the Meeting Documents tab.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of San Juan County Public Hospital District #3, dba Orcas Island Health Care District, will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING for the purpose of receiving testimony and comment on its 2019 Draft Budget and 2019 Levy. The Public Hearing will be held at Orcas Island Fire & Rescue Eastsound Firehall on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 beginning at 4:00 pm. The Board of Commissioners will take public testimony during this hearing and will consider adoption of Resolutions confirming the 2019 Budget and 2019 Levy.
Click here to access the original SJCPHD#3 2019 Draft Budget Spread Sheetv10-23 and the updated SJCPHD#3 2019 Draft Budget Spread Sheetv11-06 that will be reviewed at the hearing.
The Agenda for the October 23rd regular meeting of the OIHCD Board is now posted. Please visit the Meeting Documents page and click on Agenda. You will find other meeting documents on this page as they become available prior to the meeting.
The Agenda and Meeting Materials for the October 9th regular meeting of the OIHCD Board of Commissioners have been posted. Some additional items related to the 2019 Budget discussion will be shared with Commissioners at the meeting.
The Commissioners of the Orcas Island Health Care District extend our warm thanks to all of you for participating in the recent survey about healthcare services on Orcas. Your thoughtful responses and comments will help guide us as we finalize contracts with the clinics for the next year and help us set priorities for the future.
Shortly after the District was formed, the Board began discussing how to engage with the Orcas community to make sure that we hear from a larger portion of the community than the few who seek us out individually or attend our meetings. We decided that the best way for us to hear from more of you was through a combination of town hall meetings and short, focused surveys.
The primary focus of the September survey was to learn what kind of acute care services the community wants and test the community’s willingness to pay more in taxes to receive those services. Additionally, we wanted to gauge satisfaction with the medical care currently available on Orcas to help guide our negotiations with the clinics.
The Board asked Madrona Voices to conduct the recent survey because of their experience conducting several surveys on local issues. While prior surveys were done on their own initiative, the collaboration on the health care survey allowed the Board to have some influence over which questions were asked and how questions were phrased. However, because the survey was conducted by Madrona Voices they retained control over how and when the results were presented. They also maintained control of what was made publicly available, including the comments.
We thank all who participated for your candid feedback. The results are timely and will be used to prioritize our interactions with the clinics to improve the services they offer. Both clinics were provided with a copy of the compiled survey responses and comments.
Again, thank you very much for taking the time to complete the survey. We value feedback from the community we serve and appreciate your input.
Warmly,
Board of Commissioners, Orcas Island Health Care District