County to issue $32M in bonds on SRMC's behalf

Cheyenne County will issue $32 million in conduit bonds on behalf of Sidney Regional Medical Center in order to fund its new building project.

The public hearing in this matter, held on Monday, was moved from the commissioner meeting room to the district courtroom to accommodate all of the community members and hospital representatives in attendance.

“We got off previously on the wrong foot when we were talking about this originally a month or two ago,” said Jason Petik, CEO of SRMC.

Some of the commissioners were irked when SRMC asked the county to issue these bonds on its behalf at...