Commissioners move bond to renovate hospital to November

District will tackle mandated electrical upgrade first

Hospital district officials have faced a challenging process during the past year in an attempt to improve the facilities the district uses to provide local healthcare and emergency services.

The failure of a general obligation bond last August was immediately followed by both the state and federal governments citing the district for an aging, failing and unsafe electrical system, and for the lack of a fire suppression sprinkler system on the main floor of the hospital where patients and staff are located.

At the end of last year, the dist...