Hospital wants board meeting attendance policy to change

The CEO of the Petersburg Medical Center is asking the Borough to change how all city board members can attend meetings, making legal and official business easier to conduct.

Liz Woodyard, the Petersburg Medical Center CEO, wants to amend an ordinance that would allow board and assembly members to attend meetings electronically, and their attendance would still count toward a quorum.

Woodyard reported last week that she is working with Borough Clerk Debbie Thompson to present the proposal to the assembly.

"We would like to change it as well," Thompson said. "Hopefully it's not going to be a bi...