I am very, very disappointed, Gene Strickland said. That would be the kindest thing I could say.
According to the deal approved Monday, Lakeland Regional Health will prepay its lease to the city through the year 2040, and thereafter pay only $10 per year.
Strickland, a former city manager, and Jerry Reynolds, Lakeland s finance director for nearly 20 years, were at the table when the city first struck its deal with Lakeland Regional Health in 1986. Prior to that, it had been a community hospital run by the city, which also was responsible for its debts.
Reynolds sent an email to commissioners ahead of Monday s vote that gives insight into how the original lease agreement was intentionally structured to provide a revenue stream for the city.
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LAKELAND Lakeland officials will consider whether to accept a $215 million payment from Lakeland Regional Health to end its current hospital lease. Doing so, will have a radical impact on the city s finances.
City commissioners are scheduled to vote Monday on whether to accept a deal in which Lakeland Regional Health would prepay $215 million to fulfill all remaining hospital lease payments through September 2040. Afterward, the hospital would pay the city $10 per year going forward. I m not alone in thinking the hospital lease is one of the most challenging issues to resolve in the coming years, Commissioner Chad McLeod said. This is a win for both sides that brings certainty into the situation.
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Some Polk County seniors still not able to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments two months in
Vaccine appointment frustrations in Polk County
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DAVENPORT, Fla. â CVS is now on the list of pharmacies offering the COVID-19 vaccine in Polk County, yet some residents say they still havenât been able to get vaccinated.
CVS Pharmacy began administering vaccines in Florida this week, including two Polk County locations. Those pharmacies are fully booked and so are others.
âIâve tried Publix and they give you a thing, oh well weâre overbooked, â said Nilsa Capifali.
Capifali, 69, and her 88-year-old mother say theyâve been trying for two months to get vaccinated.