After a $10,247.96 check bounced in December and with two additional months’ unpaid utility bills totaling $18,396.35, Hillsboro Community Hospital is in danger of having utilities shut off Jan. 4 because it is $28,644.31 in arrears.
Hillsboro City Council met in special session Thursday to discuss the hospital’s unpaid bills.
Council members were told that city attorney Josh Boehm had sent the hospital owners a Dec. 21 letter demanding immediate payment of $18,534.66 in delinquent utility charges and a $9,000 deposit to secure the account.
The hospital’s December bill adds $9,280.98 to the amount owed.
Boehm’s letter was addressed to Health Acquisition Co. in North Kansas City, now owned by EmpowerHMS. As of Thursday, UPS had not delivered the letter because the company was no longer at that address.
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