The board of directors of Jackson Hospital recently requested the Montgomery County Commission support a property tax referendum to support the hospital’s “financial restructuring and long-term sustainability.”
According to an email from Montgomery County Attorney Constance Walker to the Montgomery County Commission last week, Charles Evans, chairman of the Board of Directors for Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc., has submitted a letter to Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed and Montgomery County Commission chairman Doug Singleton formally requesting their signatures confirming “continued governmental support for Jackson’s financial restructuring and long-term sustainability.”
“If the Chairman signs this letter as requested, Montgomery County agrees (subject to the necessary approvals from the City and County Commission) to the following:
1. To provide Jackson with additional funding in 2027 in the amount of $4.2 million. This amount will be split 50/50 between the City and the County.
2. To support a referendum, to be held as soon as possible, on the establishment of a special ad valorem tax for hospital and public health care purposes in Montgomery County pursuant to Section 51-10.20 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022,” Walker said. “If such tax is passed, beginning not later than January 2029, Montgomery County will contribute at least 70% of the revenues to a county health care authority (which needs to be formed and established). The contributions will be for the benefit of Jackson for a period of three years. After that, Jackson will be the beneficiary of an equitable portion of the proceeds contributed to the health care authority which amount will be determined by the health care authority.
3. City and County taxes owed by Jackson will also be abated for at least ten years.”
The request is scheduled to be considered at a Montgomery County Commission meeting on Tuesday.
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