Nursing Home to be Sold

[UPDATE: Video of the meeting is up here at the County Clerk YouTube channel for anyone who wants to see the drama unfold for themselves. Agenda packet is here (helps when trying to follow along).]

A quick update from the News-Gazette about last night's County Board meeting (more in the upcoming days):

Champaign County Board approves sale of nursing home
The Champaign County Nursing Home will be privately owned come August.

Following months of debate and deliberations, the Champaign County Board voted 15-6 Thursday night to authorize the sale of the financially challenged home to Extended Care Clinical LLC and Altitude Health Services Inc., both headquartered in Evanston.

The purchase price was $11 million, the minimum set by the county board.

The proposal required a supermajority of at least 14 votes to pass, according to an opinion from Champaign County State's Attorney Julia Rietz.

All 10 Republican board members supported the sale. They were joined by Democrats Pattsi Petrie, Giraldo Rosales, Chris Stohr, Shana Jo Crews and C. Pius Weibel.

Full article here. More information on the lead up to the vote here: Nursing Home Vote Tonight [UPDATE].