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- Another Rural Ky. Hospital Will Become Part Of A New Group To Stay Afloat; Glasgow's Hospital Is Buying Columbia's Bankrupt One
ColumbiaMagazine.com Another rural Kentucky hospital is merging with a larger hospital system in order to keep its doors open. T.J. Regional Health, the parent company of T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, just announced its plan to buy...
- Southern Kentucky Physician Expands His In-school Clinics; Already In Russell County, Will Be In Adair County Next Year
Dr. Eric Loy (Columbia Magazine photo)An entrepreneurial physician in Southern Kentucky has developed a way to deliver school health services that could have a broader impact on communities. Cumberland Family Medical, based in Burkesville, has clinics...
- Knox County Converting Ambulance Tax, Taking 3/8 Of Health Tax And Asking Library For Same In Order To Save Hospital
The Knox County Fiscal Court and the Knox County Board of Health reached a deal Monday to aid its debt-laden county hospital's recovery from bankruptcy by diverting, at least temporarily, 37.5 percent of local health tax revenue to the hospital, asking...
- As Debt Deepens And Auditors Arrive, Adair County Hospital Ceo Resigns And Is Apparently Escorted From The Building
The CEO of Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia "resigned Monday morning and was apparently escorted out of the hospital," reports the Adair County Community Voice. Rusty Tungate "and eight others turned in their resignations just one day before a consulting...
- Adair County Community Voice Newspaper, Local Health Department Sponsor Community Health Challenge
Residents of Adair County should be getting more fit in the new year, thanks to community-wide competition sponsored by the local health department and one of the Columbia newspapers. The Adair County Community Voice and the Lake Cumberland-Adair County...
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Adair County residents will get an extra tax bill as trustees of bankrupt hospital vote to levy a tax to pay its debts
Facing a $20 million debt and in bankruptcy, the Adair County Hospital District trustees voted unanimously Oct. 4 to impose a 10 cents-per-$100 value property tax, effective immediately.
In August, in a move perhaps unprecedented in Kentucky, the district filed for protection under Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code, which is designed to allow time for a government debtor to reorganize and restructure its debt.
As a result of the filing, creditors such as Farmers National Bank of Danville have sued the district in state court, seeking to force the district to levy a tax to pay its debts. In addition to passing the tax on real estate, the trustees also passed a 10-cent tax on motor vehicles and watercraft, effective in January, reports the Adair County Community Voice. Part of Green River Lake lies in Adair County.
"Neal Gold, vice chair of the board, who has been overseeing hospital operations, said after the meeting they could have taxed Adair County at a higher rate but couldn?t morally do so and decided to stick to the 10-cent minimum," the Voice reports.
Adair County Property Valuation Administrator Junior Feese told the Voice that the real-estate tax will generate $573,000 this year. He said Adair County residents can expect a separate tax bill in the mail this week because this year?s tax bills had been mailed.
In August, in a move perhaps unprecedented in Kentucky, the district filed for protection under Chapter 9 of the bankruptcy code, which is designed to allow time for a government debtor to reorganize and restructure its debt.
As a result of the filing, creditors such as Farmers National Bank of Danville have sued the district in state court, seeking to force the district to levy a tax to pay its debts. In addition to passing the tax on real estate, the trustees also passed a 10-cent tax on motor vehicles and watercraft, effective in January, reports the Adair County Community Voice. Part of Green River Lake lies in Adair County.
"Neal Gold, vice chair of the board, who has been overseeing hospital operations, said after the meeting they could have taxed Adair County at a higher rate but couldn?t morally do so and decided to stick to the 10-cent minimum," the Voice reports.
Adair County Property Valuation Administrator Junior Feese told the Voice that the real-estate tax will generate $573,000 this year. He said Adair County residents can expect a separate tax bill in the mail this week because this year?s tax bills had been mailed.
- Another Rural Ky. Hospital Will Become Part Of A New Group To Stay Afloat; Glasgow's Hospital Is Buying Columbia's Bankrupt One
ColumbiaMagazine.com Another rural Kentucky hospital is merging with a larger hospital system in order to keep its doors open. T.J. Regional Health, the parent company of T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow, just announced its plan to buy...
- Southern Kentucky Physician Expands His In-school Clinics; Already In Russell County, Will Be In Adair County Next Year
Dr. Eric Loy (Columbia Magazine photo)An entrepreneurial physician in Southern Kentucky has developed a way to deliver school health services that could have a broader impact on communities. Cumberland Family Medical, based in Burkesville, has clinics...
- Knox County Converting Ambulance Tax, Taking 3/8 Of Health Tax And Asking Library For Same In Order To Save Hospital
The Knox County Fiscal Court and the Knox County Board of Health reached a deal Monday to aid its debt-laden county hospital's recovery from bankruptcy by diverting, at least temporarily, 37.5 percent of local health tax revenue to the hospital, asking...
- As Debt Deepens And Auditors Arrive, Adair County Hospital Ceo Resigns And Is Apparently Escorted From The Building
The CEO of Westlake Regional Hospital in Columbia "resigned Monday morning and was apparently escorted out of the hospital," reports the Adair County Community Voice. Rusty Tungate "and eight others turned in their resignations just one day before a consulting...
- Adair County Community Voice Newspaper, Local Health Department Sponsor Community Health Challenge
Residents of Adair County should be getting more fit in the new year, thanks to community-wide competition sponsored by the local health department and one of the Columbia newspapers. The Adair County Community Voice and the Lake Cumberland-Adair County...