CHURCH HILL — On Tuesday, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen became the region’s latest governmental entity to officially proclaim opposition to downgrades of trauma care in Kingsport as well as the closure of Kingsport’s NICU and relocation of the Allandale cancer treatment center. The BMA voted unanimously in favor of a resolution opposing Ballad’s intention of reducing Holston Valley Medical Center’s Trauma Center from a Level 1 to Level 3, leaving the region’s only Level 1 trauma care at Johnson City Medical Center. The resolution also expresses opposition to Ballad’s proposed transfer of all NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) services to JCMC, as well as the relocation of Allandale’s cancer treatment center to the campus of Indian Path Medical Center.