Iola commissioners agreed to dedicate a portion of the city’s sales taxes toward construction of a new Allen County Hospital.
Their announcement at an adjourned meeting late this morning came with a few strings attached, prominently the city’s insistence that Iola and Allen County “maintain an understanding regarding the operations of their ambulance services.”
Commissioners said the city will commit one-quarter of its existing 1-cent sales tax toward the hospital — as much as $350,000 annually — as long the city and county avoid any action…
