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Bourbon County meeting approves emergency-department funding agreement with Freeman
Summary
Meeting participants approved an agreement with Freeman to fund and operate an emergency department, noting $2.5 million invested, a June 1, 2025 operational deadline (extendable up to six months), and a refund clause if terms are unmet.
Bourbon County meeting participants voted to accept an agreement with Freeman to establish and operate a local emergency department, including a reported $2.5 million investment and conditions tying continued payments to the department becoming fully operational by June 1, 2025.
The agreement allows Freeman to designate portions of its accounting as proprietary, which would be kept confidential by the county and the city, and specifies that equipment and other tangible personal property purchased with the implementation funds must remain at the emergency department and be available for county or city inspection on reasonable notice. "Bourbon County and taxpayers money will remain in Bourbon County," Speaker 1 said during the discussion.
Under the funding terms read into the record, if Freeman does not furnish required accountings or the department is not open and fully operational by the revised date, "part a shall terminate and Freeman shall refund the total payments made here under to the appropriate entity in 6 equal consecutive monthly installments," Speaker 1 stated. The parties may grant an extension for good cause, but any extension may not exceed six months.
Speakers also confirmed investment and asset details: when asked how many millions had been invested, Speaker 1 replied "2.5," and participants agreed that the figure was in addition to the building and the land. Discussion included the history of prior funding risks, references to federal funding (a $2,000,000 amount was described in the discussion), and claims that accounting records of expenditures are available for review.
After brief questions about the revised operational date and assurances about available accounting, Speaker 1 moved to accept the emergency-department funding agreement and to allow the chairman to sign the edited agreement when finalized; Speaker 4 seconded. The meeting record shows Speaker 1 and Speaker 4 saying "Aye" when the motion was called and that copies of the agreement would be distributed for review.
The agreement’s sales-tax details were mentioned as subject to a separate, later agreement. The final recorded procedural step in the excerpt was the motion’s passage and distribution of copies for review; participants closed discussion and moved on to agenda adjustments.
The next procedural step is internal execution and finalization of the agreement language before the chairman signs and the separate sales-tax agreement is finalized.
