County sells its share of former medical clinic
to Town of Rocky

By Glen Mazza
Editor

Following a closed session at the regular council meeting of Clearwater County on Nov. 10, councillor Tyler McCauley made a motion “that council accept the offer to purchase from the Town of Rocky Mountain House for the Rocky Medical Clinic located at Plan 101AJ, Block 6, Lots 6 to 11 inclusive and Plan 101AJ, Block 6, Lots 11 and 12, excepting thereout all mines and minerals for the amount of $150,000.”

That motion was carried unanimously, with councillor Tyler McCauley attending virtually and all other councillors in attendance.

The building and land on 48 St. were owned equally by the town and county and leased to physicians before the new privately owned medical clinic building was completed earlier this year.

The Town of Rocky authorized the purchase of the county’s half-interest following a closed session at a special council meeting on Oct. 28, although the purchase price was not disclosed at that time and the town has not revealed its plans for the property.

At the same meeting, town council also authorized negotiations with an unidentified third-party business and approved $75,000 for engineering drawings. The minutes did not indicate whether the engineering work was related to the former clinic.

The building and land were jointly purchased by the town and county in 2010 for $1.2 million as part of a physician recruitment and retention strategy.

The physicians relocated to a new privately owned medical clinic at 5020 - 44 St. earlier this year.

Although the county has accepted the town’s offer, it has not been publicly confirmed whether the sale has been finalized.