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Council approves TEFRA host resolution for tax-exempt bonds tied to local cancer center
Summary
After a public hearing, Dublin authorized a TEFRA host approval allowing a Wisconsin authority to issue tax‑exempt bonds (up to $190M overall) for Anoma Cancer Collective projects, with no more than $16M expected for the Dublin site; council approved the resolution by voice vote.
The Dublin City Council held a TEFRA public hearing and approved Resolution 2558 on Nov. 20, 2025, giving the required host approval under federal tax law for proposed tax-exempt bonds to be issued by the Public Finance Authority of Wisconsin for projects financed by Anoma Cancer Collective.
Brandon Kwood, a tax attorney with Nixon Peabody representing the Anoma Cancer Collective Foundation, explained that federal rules require each jurisdiction where a financed project is located to provide host approval for tax-exempt 501(c)(3) financings. "The bonds will be issued by the authority and will not constitute a debt obligation or liability directly or indirectly of the city or the state of Georgia," Kwood said during the hearing.
An Anoma representative described the local project as the conversion of the CurePoint oncology center in Dublin to nonprofit status to expand access to grants and philanthropic funding and to sustain radiation oncology services locally. The council was told the authority's financing plan covers an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $190 million and that the portion expected to support the Dublin project would not exceed $16 million.
Council received public questions about the scope of services and tax implications; a commenter asked what cancers the Dublin facility treats and was told the center provides radiation oncology for all cancer types that require it, while medical oncology is not offered at that facility. Kwood said federal tax-exempt status relates to federal income tax treatment of the bonds.
After the hearing and a staff readout of the resolution, Councilman Griggs moved approval and the council voted in favor. The resolution states the council’s approval is solely for the limited purposes of section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code as required for tax-exempt qualified 501(c)(3) bond issuances.
