Seven Candidates apply to fill Maverick County Hospital District Board’s vacant seat

By: Jose G. Landa, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2015

Maverick County Hospital District Chief Executive Officer Terri Contreras-Patlan announced that a total of seven persons applied to be considered as a candidate for the vacant Board of Directors seat by the September 4, 2015 deadline, but one candidate withdrew their application leaving six candidates.

The seven individuals who applied for the vacant Maverick County Hospital District Board of Director position include Dr. Jonathan Hook, Thomas C. Cary, Jesus Casas, Rewa Seth, Luis A. Ruiz, Juanita Martinez, and Juliet Martinez (withdrew).

The six remaining candidates will be interviewed by the MCHD Board’s Nominations Committee and the entire Board will make a decision by a unanimous vote as to which candidate will replace resigned former Board Chairman Joaquin L. Rodriguez.

The MCHD Board may decide as early as its September 29th regular board meeting.

The candidate unanimously approved by the Board to fill the Board vacancy will be for the remainder of the term of Joaquin L. Rodriguez, which is until November 2018.  Rodriguez won re-election unopposed to a new four year term in November 2014 and was elected Board Chairman on a split 3-2 vote and served only six months as Chairman before voluntarily resigning.