There has been more painful delays and costs in selling the Nursing Home. From the News-Gazette a couple weeks back:
Champaign County Board approves spending another $1.675M on nursing homeFull article here, including other issues addressed by the board last month. I wasn't able to attend, so I don't have any additional meeting notes this month.
With the sale of the Champaign County Nursing Home still not finalized, the county board continues to find itself writing checks on behalf of the financially challenged institution.
On Tuesday night, the board approved spending another $1.675 million on nursing-home-related issues, including forgiving two loans and settlements for lawsuits brought by the estates of two former residents.
The board first voted to forgive two loans totaling $500,000 it made in 2017 to the home so it could cover expenses.
Board members also voted to approve a $175,000 settlement with the estate of Caroline Scalzo and a $1 million settlement with the estate of Sonya Kington.
Ms. Scalzo, 83, died in 2014 after staff at the facility allegedly failed to follow physician's orders for monitoring and hydration, according to her attorney, Patricia Gifford.
Ms. Kington, 78, was discovered dead in a hot courtyard at the home on June 10, 2017. Later, state officials determined that the home "failed to ensure the door alarm to the courtyard on the facility's Alzheimer's Unit was engaged and the door not propped open."
The board also approved two resolutions on future loans to the facility — the first allows it to loan up to $800,000 from the general corporate fund over the next four months to the home so it can pay vendors, while the second authorizes loans to cover payroll.
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