{"id":13389,"date":"2017-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/samingur-um-kaup-a-st-josefsspitala-undirritadur\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:24","slug":"agreement-on-the-purchase-of-st-josephs-hospital-signed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/samingur-um-kaup-a-st-josefsspitala-undirritadur\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement to purchase St. Joseph's Hospital signed"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur buys the main building of St. Joseph's Hospital from the state<\/li>\n<li>A public service will be operational in the building again.<\/li>\n<li>Council-appointed working group established on the future of the building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Haraldur L. Haraldsson, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and Benedikt J\u00f3hannesson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, today signed an agreement for the purchase by the Borough of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur of the state's 85% stake in the main building of St. Joseph's Hospital. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur already owned 15%.<\/p>\n<p>Upon purchase, the Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur commits to operating a public service in the building for a minimum of 15 years from the signing of the agreement. Public services shall mean activities in social services, health services, cultural or educational activities, or other comparable services that the public accesses in the municipality. The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur also undertakes to commence operations in the property within 3 years of the signing of the agreement. The purchase price is 100 million kr\u00f3na and the building will be handed over on 15 August 2017. The price reflects the intended use of the building for the public benefit. The agreement also includes a clause for a higher price should those plans be abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>A working group on the future of St. Joseph's Hospital was appointed at a meeting of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Town Council yesterday, 29 June, and will map out the possibilities and submit a proposal for the future use of the building by 10 October. The working group is composed of Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Berta Dan\u00edelsd\u00f3ttir, Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Bj\u00f6rk J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, Karl Gu\u00f0mundsson and Elva D\u00f6gg \u00c1sud\u00f3ttir Kristinsd\u00f3ttir. The group's staff member and project manager is Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Kristinsd\u00f3ttir, Director of the Administration Department for the Municipality of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and the town's lawyer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mynd2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo outside the Bungalow - signing of the purchase agreement for St. J\u00f3&#039;s.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1366;\"><sup>Councillors of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, with the minister and the mayor, outside the Bookless Bungalow after the signing of the purchase agreement.<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201eSt. Joseph's Hospital has great sentimental value for residents and other well-wishers of the town of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. There is a strong desire to get the building into good order and back into use as soon as possible. Numerous parties have already shown interest in the building, both for temporary projects and with a view to the future. A newly appointed working group will receive all ideas and enquiries and will set out the guidelines.\u201c<\/i> says Haraldur L. Haraldsson, the mayor.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201eWe welcome that this historic house will be given full honour and find a new purpose, and that the state and the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur have reached an agreement on an arrangement that takes into account the interests of both.\u201c<\/i> says Benedikt J\u00f3hannesson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph's Hospital has been closed since the end of 2011. Discussions with the local council have been ongoing, albeit intermittently. Detailed surveys have been carried out into potential uses for the state-owned property, but without success. The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs took over the management of the hospital in 2014 from the Ministry of Welfare. The sale has been authorised in the budget since 2013.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r kaupir a\u00f0albyggingu St. J\u00f3sefssp\u00edtala af r\u00edkinu Almanna\u00fej\u00f3nusta ver\u00f0ur aftur starfr\u00e6kt \u00ed h\u00fasinu Starfsh\u00f3pur um framt\u00ed\u00f0 h\u00fassins stofna\u00f0ur \u00e1 vegum b\u00e6jarins Haraldur L. Haraldsson b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar og Benedikt J\u00f3hannesson fj\u00e1rm\u00e1la- og efnahagsr\u00e1\u00f0herra skrifu\u00f0u \u00ed dag undir samning um kaup Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar \u00e1 85% eignarhlut r\u00edkisins \u00ed a\u00f0albyggingu St. J\u00f3sefssp\u00edtala. Fyrir \u00e1tti Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6r 15%. Vi\u00f0 kaupin skuldbindur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13389"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}