Chair reports county hospital has been sold; county to remove utilities and insurance responsibility

The chair reported to the Marion County court that on Monday he signed a contract selling the county hospital to a company he identified as "Suffolk," saying, "So the hospital is sold. We no longer own that property."

The chair instructed staff to turn off utilities, place the property back on the tax rolls and stop paying insurance related to the hospital. He said staff (Shannon) could "turn off on the utilities" and specifically told staff to "put that thing back on the tax rolls" and to "quit paying insurance."

During the update the chair made several brief references to monetary figures that are not recorded clearly as a sale price in the transcript (remarks included that it was "a little over 100," a weekly figure of "$90," and a mention of "3.95" tied to credit-card charges). The transcript does not provide a completed, explicit sale price or contract number.

The meeting moved on after the hospital update and later proceeded to a motion to adjourn. The transcript provides the reported sale and operational directions but does not record further documentation or the purchaser's full legal name beyond the spoken identifier "Suffolk."