[Peace] Speak out against proposed County Board funding cuts - Today! 8/24

[Ricky Baldwin]

from Champaign County Healthcare Consumers:

> 
> Dear friends.... 
>  
> Tell the Champaign County Board you are opposed to
> staff cuts at the County
> Nursing Home!
>  
> Encourage the County Board to issue enough bonds to
> cover Nursing Home
> construction expenses AND maintain current jobs and
> program! Speak out at
> the County Board meeting! 
>  
> ********************************************
> County Board Meeting
> Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 7pm
> Brookens Administrative Center
> 1776 E. Washington, Urbana
> *******************************************
>  
> Overview: 
> Due to a costly mold problem and other construction
> problems, the new County
> Nursing Home project is now over a year behind
> schedule and millions of
> dollars over budget. On Thursday, August 24 at 7pm,
> the County Board will
> vote to approve $4 million dollars in bonds to
> complete the project. 
>  
> Concerned community members will need to speak out
> to... 
> a) ensure that the bond ammount will be enough to
> save staff jobs at the new
> facility
> b) force the County Board to hold the contractors
> accountable for their
> mistakes and demand they reimburse the County for
> the needed repairs
> c) prevent the County Board from cutting other
> County health programs, such
> as the Child Dental Access Program, which provides
> free dental care for
> low-income County children
>  
> A History of Trouble: 
> * November 2002: County voters approved a property
> tax increase to help
> offset employee costs for the new County Nursing
> Home and approved a $20
> million bond to pay for the construction of a new
> nursing home facility
> * February 2005: A worker blew the whistle on the
> mold at the facility. 
> * June 2005: The County Facilities Committee Chair,
> Mr. Inman, told the News
> Gazette that the mold was likely brought in by a
> sub-contractor and assured
> them that the project was insured. 
> * July 2006: The County Board agreed to seek $4
> million in bonds to finish
> the project. 
> * August 2006: The County Board announced their
> intention to layoff County
> Nursing Home workers due to cost overruns. 
>  
> *****************
> TAKE ACTION
> *****************
> Please come to the County Board meeting on Thursday,
> August 24 at 7pm and
> make a statement during the Public Comment period.
> Request that enough bonds
> be issued to fix the nursing home, and tell the
> County Board that it is
> unacceptable to cut nursing home jobs or funding for
> other vital county
> programs. 
>  
> The mistakes by County administrators should not be
> paid for on the backs of
> workers or county residents needing services!
>  
> Thank you! 
>  
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Champaign County Health Care Consumers
> 44 E. Main Street  Suite 208
> Champaign, IL 61820
>  
> Phone: (217) 352-6533  
> Fax:     (217) 352-9745 
> E-mail: cchcc <mailto:cchcc at healthcareconsumers.org>
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