In each of the cases of for the MetroHealth board committee meetings approved Wednesday, the minutes stated that the search and executive committees took no action except to go into executive session.
MetroHealth's new CEO, Airica Steed, is on the right track by suspending the executive supplemental and one-time bonuses that are at the heart of a legal dispute with its former CEO, Dr. Akram Boutros. Plus, the city of Cleveland is finally getting into the current century as it nears a plan to modernize on-street parking.
The MetroHealth System has suspended the extra bonus program at the center of a scandal that has rocked the county’s safety net hospital and resulted in the firing of its former CEO. The current CEO also assured the Cuyahoga County Council that taxpayer money is being spent properly.