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Llano EDC board funding ratified to shore up hospital operations; city council approves related LEDC budget
Summary
City council ratified a Llano Economic Development Corporation budget amendment and approved the LEDC's FY25-26 project plan to provide operating support intended to leverage state Medicaid programs that can multiply local investment into the hospital.
Llano City Council on Tuesday ratified a Llano Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) budget amendment that allocates $678,000 from LEDC reserves to support local hospital operations and approved the LEDC's proposed FY2025-26 projects and budget.
The move was presented to the council as an emergency support measure to stabilize hospital operations while staff pursue a Texas Health and Human Services Commission program that, according to presenters, multiplies local investment through an intergovernmental transfer (IGT) mechanism. "If we have those two things, we can get everything where it needs to be," said Linda Walker, who introduced herself as the hospital's new chief executive officer.
Why it matters: LEDC leaders and hospital officials told the council the EDC funds are intended mainly to cover near-term operating expenses so the hospital can participate in a July IGT submission. David Willman,…
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