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Health + Hospitals' process for submitting capital project priorities
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Council Member Ayala inquires about Health + Hospitals' process for submitting capital project priorities to the city administration. Dr. Katz explains that they submit a list of needs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) annually.
- Health + Hospitals submits a list of capital needs to OMB each year
- The total estimated need for projects like Metropolitan Hospital's ED is around $16 billion
- Metropolitan Hospital is included on the list, but projects are not typically numbered or ranked
Diana Ayala
1:08:07
that's but the are you is is health and hospitals submitting a list of priority capital jobs to the administration?
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:08:17
To this to the city?
1:08:18
Yes.
Diana Ayala
1:08:18
To the city.
1:08:19
Yes.
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:08:19
Yes.
1:08:19
Absolutely.
Diana Ayala
1:08:20
So where on that list is Metropolitan if it if it even is on the We
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:08:24
do not normally number the list.
Diana Ayala
1:08:26
Okay.
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:08:26
We we provide the list.
1:08:30
And I think the estimated need strictly on the basis of projects like MET ED, which are buildings that are beyond their usefulness, is how many billion?
James Cassidy
1:08:45
I think 16 is the number.
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:08:46
16,000,000,000, which is just to say, you know, so many of our buildings are, you know, beyond the usual length of time, the elevators, the heaters, the coolers.
1:09:00
So, you know, at any given year, we submit the list to OMB of things that we need, and MED is is on it.
1:09:09
I don't know whether the I mean, what Lincoln most needs is a new outpatient building.
1:09:16
That may not be on it simply because that's sort of a new thing and most of what we go to OMB for are how do we, you know, run our existing buildings in a good way.
Diana Ayala
1:09:28
Yeah.
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:09:29
But MED is on it.
Diana Ayala
1:09:30
I mean, we find, you know, millions and lot of dollars in capital funds for so many other things.
1:09:36
I can't think of a better way to spend it than on public health.
Dr. Mitch Katz
1:09:40
Strangely, neither can I?
Diana Ayala
1:09:41
You know, and the idea that this is an emergency room that has the capacity to see just 25 patients, but then they have, you know, can have up to 50 in a night and not have places to put them because there just isn't anywhere.