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Public raises alarm over $45 million hospital-district certificate of obligation; commissioners approve funding requests to hospital district and charity-care
Summary
Public commenters criticized a proposed $45 million certificate of obligation for the hospital district and urged a voter bond instead; the court approved a staff request to ask the hospital district for $2,213,000 for public-health services and authorized transferring $1,956,147.25 in charity-care funds to the health department.
Several members of the public addressed the commissioners about proposed financing for the hospital district and county public-health funding.
During public comment, Victoria Holland urged that a planned $45 million certificate of obligation for the hospital district be handled through a bond requiring voter approval, saying a certificate could saddle county taxpayers without sufficient disclosure of long-term funding sources. Daniel…
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