By Sarah Aslam
Wrangell Sentinel 

SEARHC, borough settle on 10 years of annual $45,000 payments

 


The borough assembly and SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium have come to an agreement of voluntary payments by SEARHC of $45,000 per year for 10 years on property owned by the nonprofit health care provider in town.

In negotiations that began in November, the borough had been asking for $225,000 a year, and SEARHC had asked for a refund on a $331,287 property tax bill it paid in full on the new Wrangell Medical Center in 2021. As a nonprofit, SEARHC is exempt under state law from property taxes.

In the agreement approved by the borough assembly May 17, SEARHC agreed to donate the $...



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