COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners today begins its discussion on the proposed sale of the Community Health Center of Branch County with the county commission having the final say on whether or not the hospital in Coldwater will remain a county-owned facility.
The Community Health Center Board of Trustees last week unanimously approved a management partnership agreement with ProMedica Health Systems, a non-profit firm based in Toledo, Ohio. It’s the opening step in the potential acquisition of CHC by ProMedica which hopes to close the deal to purchase the hospital sometime before 2018. But first, the county commission needs to endorse the management agreement.
The intended timeline for the agreement to be put in place is January 1, 2016. The county commission is expected to conduct at least one public hearing prior to their decision on the matter. Commissioners will start to talk about the ProMedica proposal today at the first of their two November working meetings with the session beginning at 9 a.m. at the Branch County Courthouse.
