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Wagoner council considers $1.4 million loan or CD liquidation to support community hospital amid urgent public pleas
Summary
City council debated a resolution to authorize up to $1.4 million in lending support for Wagner Community Hospital, heard multiple staff and resident pleas about emergency access and local jobs, and initiated a roll call vote; the transcript does not record a final, explicit tally for the resolution.
WAGONER, Okla. — The Wagoner City Council opened a special meeting Dec. 23 to consider a resolution that would permit the Wagner Hospital Authority to borrow — or, if a bank loan is not available, allow the city to sub-loan up to $1.4 million and liquidate a certificate of deposit as collateral.
At the start of the meeting the presiding official said the first option would require seven yes votes and that the second option would need six, and then opened the floor to public comment.
Residents, hospital employees and clinicians urged the council to approve immediate support. "You can't wait 30, 40 minutes to drive to another town" in a true emergency, said Megan Muellenweg, a lifetime Wagner resident, describing personal medical crises and saying the hospital’s emergency services are essential to the community. Nursing staff, technicians and other employees described the hospital as a major local employer and urged approval to avoid job losses and economic fallout.
Crocey Barney, a…
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