If Hillsboro Community Hospital doesn’t pay $28,644.31 owed to the city of Hillsboro for utilities, service will be shut off at noon Friday.
“I have directed city administrator Larry Paine to shut off utilities at noon Friday if the bill is not paid in full by that time,” mayor Lou Thurston told city council members Tuesday.
A second debt owed by the hospital gave rise to a half-hour executive session to discuss potential litigation.
“We may have been sued as a co-defendant by the mortgage holder, Bank of Hays,” Thurston said when he called for the executive session.
Back in open session at 7 p.m., Thurston announced no decisions had been made.
A $10,247.96 check for the hospital’s October utility bill bounced in December. November and December’s bills, totaling $18,396.35, remain unpaid.
(Read more: HILLSBORO Star-Journal)