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Council approves purchase of Midway Medical Park parcel in partnership with Sullivan County for local public health clinic
Summary
Council authorized purchase of 260 Midway Medical Park for $589,000 and a partnership arrangement with Sullivan County to establish a local public health clinic, with the county paying $400,000 via four annual $100,000 installments.
The Bristol City Council on July 8 approved a resolution authorizing purchase of the property at 260 Midway Medical Park and entry into a partnership with Sullivan County to establish a public health clinic and consolidate the city's employee clinic at the same facility.
City Manager Kelly Bourgeois told council the total purchase price is $589,000. Under the partnership terms described to council, Sullivan County will pay $400,000 to the city under a lease-purchase agreement in four equal installments of $100,000 per year; after the final payment, a condominium plat and separate deeds would document county ownership of the public health clinic portion and city ownership of the employee clinic portion. Bourgeois said the split is approximately 70% county and 30% city of the building square footage and that each entity would maintain and fund capital repairs for its portion; shared building-wide capital improvements (for example, a roof) would be cost-shared on a 70/30 basis.
Bourgeois said the agreement charges the city with routine yard and parking lot maintenance for the full facility and noted the county's larger contribution came through the commission's unanimous vote to partner. The city manager also said Sullivan County Commission had approved entering into the partnership at its June 26 meeting.
Public commenters asked for clarification on ownership, city costs and how the purchase would be funded. Bourgeois replied that the county contribution is being made under the described installment arrangement and that the city currently leases employee-clinic space at that property; moving from lease to ownership reduces long-term costs associated with leasing, she said. Staff also said the county's payment source is a county fund rather than a direct general-tax appropriation.
Council approved the resolution authorizing the purchase and partnership by roll call. Council members said the addition of a local public health clinic will improve access for Bristol residents who otherwise travel to Blountville for services and that the local facility will be staffed using existing county health department personnel without a net increase in staffing at the outset.
