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Official: What St. Vincent Health paid to sponsor school stadium is trade secret
By Mark Ambrogi
The Zionsville school system can withhold information about how much it was paid by St. Vincent Health for sponsorship of a new football field, according to a public-access ruling by a state official Thursday.
DeAnna L. Brunner, who was appointed as an acting public access counselor in the matter, announced the decision Thursday after a complaint made by The Indianapolis Star on Sept. 30. The complaint involved decisions by Zionsville school leaders to keep secret the cost of two separate deals with St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis.
This summer, St. Vincent purchased naming rights to Zionsville High School's new multipurpose stadium, where the football team will play next year. The stadium also will be used for lacrosse and track and field.
Brunner ruled that the amount paid for sponsorship of the stadium is a trade secret under Indiana law and can be kept secret by the Zionsville school district.
The Star's complaint was filed after Zionsville Schools in August switched to St. Vincent Health to supply its medical services and to create a school-based health center for district employees. The school district had twice refused to disclose how much it spent as part of its Health Center Service Agreement with St. Vincent.
Brunner ruled Zionsville Schools did not prove its case to deny telling the public the cost of the medical services, or how much other hospitals had bid in their efforts to win the agreement.
The district argued that information used to figure out how much St. Vincent and other medical providers would pay employees to provide Zionsville's medical services would be a trade secret.
But Brunner noted the agreement did not reveal employee benefit amounts.
Brunner noted in her advisory opinion that "Indiana courts have noted that defining what may constitute a trade secret can be difficult."
An advisory opinion can be used in Indiana to take a public entity to court over the disclosure of public information.
Brunner made the decision instead of Public Access Counselor Andrew Kossack, who determined in late October that he had to recuse himself from a ruling because his sister and mother-in-law had lost their jobs when Zionsville switched from Clarian Health to St. Vincent for its nursing services.
Zionsville Superintendent Scott Robison could not be reached for comment on the decision.
Official: What St. Vincent Health paid to sponsor school stadium is trade secret
By Mark Ambrogi
The Zionsville school system can withhold information about how much it was paid by St. Vincent Health for sponsorship of a new football field, according to a public-access ruling by a state official Thursday.
DeAnna L. Brunner, who was appointed as an acting public access counselor in the matter, announced the decision Thursday after a complaint made by The Indianapolis Star on Sept. 30. The complaint involved decisions by Zionsville school leaders to keep secret the cost of two separate deals with St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis.
This summer, St. Vincent purchased naming rights to Zionsville High School's new multipurpose stadium, where the football team will play next year. The stadium also will be used for lacrosse and track and field.
Brunner ruled that the amount paid for sponsorship of the stadium is a trade secret under Indiana law and can be kept secret by the Zionsville school district.
The Star's complaint was filed after Zionsville Schools in August switched to St. Vincent Health to supply its medical services and to create a school-based health center for district employees. The school district had twice refused to disclose how much it spent as part of its Health Center Service Agreement with St. Vincent.
Brunner ruled Zionsville Schools did not prove its case to deny telling the public the cost of the medical services, or how much other hospitals had bid in their efforts to win the agreement.
The district argued that information used to figure out how much St. Vincent and other medical providers would pay employees to provide Zionsville's medical services would be a trade secret.
But Brunner noted the agreement did not reveal employee benefit amounts.
Brunner noted in her advisory opinion that "Indiana courts have noted that defining what may constitute a trade secret can be difficult."
An advisory opinion can be used in Indiana to take a public entity to court over the disclosure of public information.
Brunner made the decision instead of Public Access Counselor Andrew Kossack, who determined in late October that he had to recuse himself from a ruling because his sister and mother-in-law had lost their jobs when Zionsville switched from Clarian Health to St. Vincent for its nursing services.
Zionsville Superintendent Scott Robison could not be reached for comment on the decision.
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