Christian County’s relationship with Deaconess Health Systems and Jennie Stuart Health took on a deeper meaning Tuesday morning, when fiscal court and its magistrates unanimously approved Resolution 2025-13 — approving the transferred loan agreement on the Hopkinsville campus.
Before approval, however, Deaconess Chief Financial Officer Cheryl Wathen, Deaconess Chief Strategy Officer Jared Florence and Jennie Stuart Chief Financial Officer Mark Laramee answered a line of questions from Magistrate John Bruce — directed at key points of this process.
Wathen brought some clarity about a pair of Jennie Stuart Health bond issues in 2016 and 2022, where 2016 was public, and 2022 was private placement through a group of local banks…