County hospital district sets tax rate

Posted 9/19/19

The Wood County Central Hospital District board of directors voted to set a tax rate at 1.57 cents per $100 valuation and adopted a $283,146 budget for the 2019 fiscal year Tuesday afternoon. The tax rate is down from last year’s 1.95 cents.

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County hospital district sets tax rate

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By LARRY TUCKER

editor@wood.cm

The Wood County Central Hospital District board of directors voted to set a tax rate at 1.57 cents per $100 valuation and adopted a $283,146 budget for the 2019 fiscal year Tuesday afternoon. The tax rate is down from last year’s 1.95 cents.

The board is led by President Annette Simpkins and members Jan Gorman, Dr. Ricky Cameron, Dr. Beverly Waddleton, Orville Lindsey and Jim Bowen. Marion Stanberry is the manager of the district.

The budget covers costs to maintain property owned by the hospital district, purchasing equipment, and supports a program for Quitman High School students who want to go into the medical field and shadow professionals at the facility. The board uses funds to support the indigent program at the hospital.

In other action, the board voted to spend up to $15,000 to renovate the clinic facility which formerly housed Dr. George Cathey’s practice. There are two suites at the facility and one has already been renovated to house staff members who maintain the emergency helicopter program at UT-Health East Texas Quitman. The office being renovated will lease for $1,500 per month. 

Simpkins said the second suite will be put to use by doctors.

“The clinic facility belongs to the hospital district and we rent it out. It will be used by visiting physicians and other professionals who need a space and are not directly involved with the hospital,” Simpkins said. “Different doctors coming in will use the office.”

The board agreed to support funding mental health support training for teachers and staff at Quitman ISD.