Two months after hospital board members voted to extend the contract of Chief Executive Officer Letha Stokes, the matter is being brought back before the board. Stokes’ contract and adoption of a new tax rate are among the items on the agenda for the Dawson County Hospital District’s regular monthly meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at Medical Arts Hospital. Hospital board members had voted at their June meeting to extend Stokes contract as CEO through January of 2023, without any increase in salary. Local resident Carter Schildknecht, who spoke at the June meeting against a possible contract extension, later questioned the legality of ...