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VZBZ Northern New York's Greatest Weekly A Prize Winning Town & Country Newspaper Vol. 103 No. 4 - Gouvemeur, N.Y. <D 1989 MRS Printing Inc. Wednesday, September 13,1989 2 Sections - 24 Pages - 35 Cents New Manager in Place At E. J. Noble Hospital By Lisa L. Reape Increasingly concerned about the management of the hospital's daily opera- tions, the E.J. Noble Hos- pital Board ofTrustees has retained Brim and Asso- ciates, a national hospital management firm, to manage the hospital on an interim basis. William C. Harvey, a hospital administrator -employed by Brim and Associates, has been ap- pointed to serve as interim administrator at E.J. jS T oble, as of Sept. 8. Dr. Timothy Monroe, president of the hospital board of trustees, said the move was part of an effort to restructure the hospi- tal management due to a continuing cash flow prob- lem. \So far, we are restruc- turing the management of the hospital and re-obtain- ing the service contracts that were not obtained because of a lack of cash flow,\ Dr. Monroe said. \Cash flow and account* receivable-are our two biggest concerns at this time, which we are ad- dressing diligently to make sure we can bring in the kind of supplies the hospital needs.\ Although faced with a cash flow problem, Dr. Monroe added the hospi- tal is continuing business as usual. \The institution is stable,\ he said. \The hospital has a very quali- fied and stable manage- ment staff and medical staff. The physicians are truly enthusiastic and Willing to work with the board and the manage- ment staff. \Over the past month, maybe the department heads haven't been heard as to their various indi- vidual needs, but they will now,\ he added. . Dr. Monroe said a lot of the restructuring is al- ready in place, however he added the move to re- tain Brim and Associates is only part of the restruc- turing the hospital will undergo. \There are more changes and further re- structuring to come,\ he said. \It's important for that to happen now be- cause we couldn't go on with the cash flow situ- ation the way it was.\ Dr. Monroe said that most hospitals have a cash flow problem because of the paperwork involved in collecting from insurance companies. He added they hope to overcome the big- gest hurdles in four to six weeks. *Tm very encouraged at this point with the way things are progressing.\ Brim and Associates, in business since 1971, manages 55 hospitals across the country, includ- ing three others in New York state—Lewis County General Hospital, Carthage Area Hospital and The Hospital, Sidney, NY. The firm is the sec- ond largest hospital man- agement service in the country. ; Jerry Usery, director of Management Services, Eastern Region, for Brim and Associates, said it's not unusual for \a hospi- tal in need\ to solicit the services of a hospital management company. \f ^ \It's the best way to get in- experienced management fc, to a hospital in a very short Jf,* period of time,* 1 Mr. Usery f^i said. He added that Brim i^:' and Associates have pro- :^| vided consulting services Jfejj for the hospital in several ||s* departments over the past ^^ 12 months at the hospital # v board's request. £•{* Mr. Harvey, a resident &y of Webster, Mass., holds a J v master's degree in hospi- jn tal administration from f% Yale University and has f; more than 29 years expe- - rience in the field. He has : x : $ been president and chief t;.'i : executive officer at three W% hospitals in addition to his pj? work as an interim ad- Iv Tninistrator for Brim dur- WJ • ing the past two years I ^ Besides Mr. Harvey as • interim administrator, /' • Brim and Associates have >*•* employes who specialize in many different areas of the hospital, whom Mr. Harvey -may call in as consultants as needed. See New pg. 6 \ m ;h« vs. COUVERNEUR FOOTBALL PLAYERS Matt Drake #25 and Aaron Besaw #40 show their moves scrimmage at General Brown Saturday. . ^ m a Tribune Photo'Clarence Evans Village Mayor To Run Again By Lisa L. Reape Gouverneur Village Mayor Laura M. Slate has announced her plans to seek re-election to a sec- ond term in the November election. Mrs. Slate was first elected to the board in March of 1986 as a village trustee. After the village voted to hold elections in November of each year, rather than in March, Mrs. Slate ran a successful cam- paign for mayor in Novem- ber 1987. Mrs. Slate said that at* the time she ran for mayor two years ago she felt she \had a keen ear to listen and took the time to give a courteous response.\ That's still the tase,\ she said. During her two years as mayor, Mrs. Slate said she has taken the time to go into each village depart- ment to educate herself on the daily operations of the department She said she feels that has given her not only a better un- derstanding of how each department operates, but has fostered better em- ployer/employe relation- ships She added that's something each board member should do *By going in daily, the employes know who you are and it create* a better feeling of cooperation,\ ihe said. While having time to devote to the job was important when she ran tor mayor the first fane, Mrs. Sate sakl tht prison project will make tht aa- aet of tarn* even man important in the next two year* It's because of the prison that Mrs Slate Mid the was seeking re-election hke to be a pert of the administration and see the completion of the facility,\ she said. Mrs. Slate said she feels the village will rely heav- ily on the prison task force to point the way toward meeting the challenges the project will present. She added that she anticipates possibly increased de- mands on the police de- partment and justice sys- tem. \Criminal activity has increased in the past two years, and I believe there may be concerns (among the residents) in that area,\ the mayor said. That's why the Crime Prevention Council is so important in educating our residents on how to protect our property and ourselves.\ Mrs. Slate said she would make crime preven- tion her number one pri- ority if elected to a second term. The Crime Prevention Council, of which Mrs. Slate is a member, is look- ing at doing a survey of local residents concerning crime, which the mayor said should assist the po- lice department in its ef- fort* Recycling will be one of the new projects the board will have to face in the next two years, Mrs. Slate paid, as the state looks to mandate recycling by 1991 Enrollment Up At Gouverneur It could be called the invasion of the kindergar- teners. .Gouverneur Central School District had 188 kindergartener? on the opening day of school this year—nine section? of kindergarten in all, the most the district has ever had, according to Mary Margaret Small, director ofelementary instruction. That's 25 more kinder- garteners than the district had on opening day last year. Preliminary figures from openingday indicate a total of 2.165 students in regular K-12 classes, up from 2,148 students last year. In addition, the district who are sent to other schools in the county and 45out-of-district students who come in to Gou- verneur for special educa- tion classes. That adds up to 148, about 30 students more than last year. There is also one stu- dent in the district who attends the Rome School for the Deaf. The largest increase in any one grade from last .year to this year was in the number of seventh increase was in part a result of the district pick- ing up about 36 sixth grad- ers last year. Those stu- dents advanced to the next grade, creating a wave graders, which jumped effect that is expected each from 165 in September of year. Small said the last year to 205 this year. Mrs. Small noted that the Prison Task Force Sets First Meeting Gouverneur*? newly- formed Prison Task Force has set Wednesday. Sept 20 as the tentative date of its first meeting with Deputy Corrections Com- missioner Kevin Travi> The group of local offi- cial:- andcommunitv lead- LAURA SLATE had 84 students in special ers is designed to act as a education classes, along liason between the state with 19specialedstudents Department of Correc- tions and the community riuringthe construction of the 750-bed medium se- curity prison facility. The meeting is tenta- tively scheduled for? p.m. Sept. 20 in the conference room of the Wastewater Treatment Facility on Natural Dam Road. Members of the task See Prison pg. 6 Mrs. preliminary figures were based on the number of students counted in the census, plus the number of new students enrolled. Those figures may drop because of students who moved out of the district since the census was taken. Opening day en- rollment numbers tradi- tionally fluctuate, Mrs. Small said, because new residents in the district often learn about the open- ing of school after the fact and then enroll their chil- dren. Village To Seek $308,250 Community Center Grant 've already had one meeting on this with the town,\ she said \Hope- fully, this is something we can work on together * Mrs Sate aa>d the vil- lage and the town has (tfijojred very good rela- tion* over the past twt years, something isht hopes to continue as well \It's nice to b%*»ble tc By Lisa L. Reape After seeing recent suc- cess with itshousinggTant applications, the Village of Gouverneur is hoping to see similar success with its application for grant money to fund a multi- purpose recreational com- munity center The village board voted Friday to submit an appli- cation to the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation for $308,250 in matching grant funds through the Environmental Quality Bond Art to construct a facility at the Harry Mills Memorial Park, Johnstown Street The village has applied for funds for a community center twice before This yeer t application differs frtfm the first two attempt* in that the location has charged from the GOQ-board verneur fairgrounds to the Mills Park Village Administrator Scott Hudson said the Mills Park location may increase the village's chances of receiving the grant because the village owns the land, where the village would have had to lease land from the fair- grounds. \In the critique we re- ceived of our previous application, it was recom- mended that our applica- tion would stand a better chance if we owned the land.\ Mr Hudson said He added that the fact that the land was already a park. a nd one located near water, would also receive higher points Toeing accent to wa- ter is a desirable aspect in a park application because it allows development of other recreational facili- ties,* he said. Mr Hudson said the had considered the fairgrounds as a good site far the center there is ample parking available, it is close to the high school, which would fit in nicely with the school's extracurricular activities, and it would allow the facility to be used during fair week each year. While the Mills Park site doesn't have as much on- site parking as the fair- igrounds, parking is avail- able along Johnstown Road and it is close to the West Side School, which could provide parking. Mr Hudson said It wouki be readily accessible to Route 11 and would still be us- able by the school. *n*e village also has requested some $65,000 less in this year's applica- tion, after deciding to go to a more ^utilitarian\ type of building, Mr Hudson said The proposed building would consist basically of a concrete slab four wails, a roof, electrical system, locker rooms. and bleacher? It would be larpe enought to acco- Tnodate an official size hockey rink, allowing public skating as well as organized figure skating and hockey. In addition, it is envi- sioned the facility could accomodateindoor tennis, basketball and other spec- tator sports, community concerts, exhibits and displays, such as auto shows, farm implements shows, flea markets, an so forth *It would be available to be used by the community at large as well as extra- curncuiar activities with the school,\ Mr Hudson said The application would also call for enhancements to Mills Park, requesting funds for widening the boat launch facility, pro- viding docking for small boats, adding fishingolat- forms, an access trail for walking or jogging, aiong with additional parking. a new mini hall field, new fencinp and additional outdoor bleachers Local funding uould come from repayment of trie $600,000 in Urban Development Action Grant funds the village loaned to E.J Noble Hos- pital back in 1985 to be usd in its recent renova- tions Under the terms of the UDAG agreement, the Joan is to be repaid with interest over a 20-year period The hospital has made quarterly payments on the loan for the past two years \It's anticipated that a portion of the repayment funds would be applied to the amortization dt the $306,250 the village would have to borrow for the local share, which would result in the village being able to finance its portion of the project without having to us* general funds (from the village budget/ for the * Mr Hudson aaid. He noted the com munity center is one of the few uses for those repayment funds allowed under the UDAG agreement Mr Hudson said that even though the competi- tion for the EQBA funds grows stifTer each year, he feels the village stands a good chance of winning a grant this year \We're looking at a little more *basic f a structure, plus we're looking at a new sit* which has additional amerutes which will en- hance the facility, primar- ily the nver, w he said. He added that this year's grant application is a little more aggressive in what it seeks to accomplish. Also, applying for a lesser amount of funds should improve the village's chances, as well The facility in time may incorporate other things, but this would give us the bt&atoftarCMr Hudaon a*td Se« Village pf 6
