No tears shed by anyone. What a train wreck she’s been. Via LMT:
B.J. Swanson resigned from the board of Gritman Medical Center in Moscow on Monday following a dispute about the hospital’s business with its board chairman and members of his family.
Swanson, former board chairwoman, raised questions about why the $118,000-a-year contract the firm of board chairman Greg Kimberling has to insure Gritman buildings and their contents against property damage hasn’t been put out to bid since it originated in 2010.
She also wondered about how change orders are being reviewed on a multimillion-dollar medical office building being constructed by Sprenger Construction, a company owned by Kimberling’s sister, Linda Sprenger.
The change orders ran about $23,759 per month under Swanson’s leadership and have been averaging about $19,333 per month since Kimberling became chairman.
“Numerous key professional people have left or were ousted, particularly those who questioned the lucrative, no-bid contracts for insurance and construction awarded to current board chair Greg Kimberling and his family,” Swanson wrote in her letter of resignation.
“I cannot continue to be associated with the reckless, self-serving environment of the current Gritman board and administration.”
Swanson declined to comment beyond her letter. Attempts by the Tribune to reach Sprenger and Kimberling on Monday were not successful.
Swanson served as board chairwoman for 15 years before Kimberling replaced her in May 2016. She will no longer be on the hospital’s 10-member board, its 40-person general membership, foundation or auxiliary.