TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – City hall watchers, advocates, a city commissioner and a contracts lawyer said Wednesday that the proposed agreement to transfer Tallahassee Memorial Hospital to Florida State University (FSU) contains an “unusual” provision that waives a requirement a lease be agreed to before the hospital is transferred.
City Commissioner Jack Porter said the language, found on page 20 of the proposed “Transfer of Assets Agreement,” means that even if Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare (TMH) and FSU don’t agree to a lease, the hospital could still be transferred at the city’s discretion.
A contracts lawyer unaffiliated with the deal, who requested anonymity to speak in a personal capacity instead of on behalf of his firm, said the provision was “unusual” and signaled that city hall leaders potentially want the hospital transferred with or without a set structure for the new “FSU Health” board…