A good chunk of Franklin county sales tax money goes directly to AdventHealth Ottawa to support a variety of things, three in particular… charity care, capital and operations. AdventHealth Ottawa Chief Financial Officer, Shawn Perry, says without the sales tax, one item of great need would not have been able to be purchased:
Total cost of the coolers were about $900,000. The county gave the hospital just shy of $3 million in sales tax revenue last year; $700,000 went to charity care.
