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Board introduces ordinance to assess hospitals for funds to support low‑income services
Summary
The Union County Board of County Commissioners introduced Ordinance No. 856‑2025 to authorize an assessment on certain hospital services to increase funding for services to low‑income residents; the ordinance was introduced for first reading and will have a public hearing on April 17, 2025.
The Board of County Commissioners introduced Ordinance No. 856‑2025, authorizing an assessment on certain services furnished by hospitals located in Union County to increase funding available for services to low‑income residents. The clerk read the ordinance title into the record and a motion for first reading was made and seconded.
Policy committee chair moved the ordinance for first reading and authorized the clerk to advertise the required legal notice. A second was recorded from Commissioner Kowalski. The clerk called the roll on introduction, and the record shows nine votes in the affirmative to introduce Ordinance No. 856‑2025 for first reading. The chair announced that the public hearing and final reading will be held on April 17, 2025.
The ordinance title, as read into the record, states the measure would “authorize and adopt an assessment on certain services furnished by hospitals located within Union County for the purpose of increasing funding to support the provision of necessary services by such hospitals to low income citizens and provide new fiscal resources to the county.” The meeting proceeded without substantive discussion of the ordinance text during the introduction; members said the ordinance will return at the scheduled public hearing for comment and final action.
