dill va serves on the board and -- dr. silva serves on the board. peer group salaries at similar hospitals. >> we're going look at a peer gripe of other public hospitals, some others as well at the same size. look what the their ceos get paid and we want to be breaux average. >> reporter: below average with generous bownouses totaling -- bonuses totaling 20 to 30%. are they linked to profit and growth or patient care? >> both, we have to have a target in materials of financial performance. >> reporter: the american hospital association reports one out of three hospitals is losing money, one reason why hospital finance experts insist high salaries are worth it. >> in some cases, those those hospitals are forced to merge or there not able to be successful in a marketplace because of bad decisions from the top. >> that is huge responsibility and you get paid according to what you do. >> reporter: rereviewed contracts at ohio's other public hospitals. toledo and ohio state they list salaries from $800,000 to more than $1 million. even sew, checks with d

silva johnson. >> i don't have a doctor church well. >> other public comment mr. brooks. >> here mr. church well. >> good afternoon, commissioners my name is dr. caesar church well with the chamber of commerce vice president the chamber is over three hundred small businesses that we're excited request your support and approval of the basis and budget for the southeast sewage improvement project maybe some of you haven't been out there to smell the stench the summertime but if you do i hope you'll whether those take into consideration that we do need to improve that smell now our members also, if this project glosses to create jobs for the construction people and other people that are related businesses so i ask you to take into consideration and approve the reare we baseline of this project thank you. >> mr. brooks. >> eric brooks san francisco green party our city of san francisco first back up what some of the representatives have said that isism peripheral we stay on track with the wastewater facility improvements we recently lost a champion on that issue dr. espanola jackson who spent decades of her life making sure we got to this point o