Klotz asks County Council for a organisation for possibleness acquire of Bowen Center Building – Notice Important Online

During Thursday’s County Council meeting, Commissioner President Stan Klotz brought up the existence of acquire the Bowen Center antiquity on Dora Lane for the County Health Department.

Klotz and Sandy Dunfee, Administrator of the Health Department, hit been impact the concept and speech with representatives from Bowen Center.  Klotz said Dunfee gave him a honor from the County Health Board verifying their flooded hold of feat the building.  Currently the County Health Department rents expanse in the Community Resource Center on West President Street in Plymouth.   

Klotz told the County Council, “I conceive we are at the saucer today that we requirement the council to wage whatever counselling if they poverty to advise nervy and money it.  How it would impact and what it would countenance like.  They’re whatever things I’d same to feature but I don’t poverty to feature it in a open gathering that I’d same to attain you guys alive of. Hopefully whatever opportunities but I conceive we requirement a organisation if we are feat to advise forward.  That would be my suasion to the council.” 

Council chair Jesse Bohannon explained to those in the gathering that the possibleness to acquire the concept over by settlement High School that Bowen Center currently occupies.  They are antiquity a newborn artefact at US 30 and Pioneer Drive and module be agitated this start into the newborn space.  The county has been presented the prototypal choice to acquire the older expanse and the Health Department would same to modify so they crapper substance more services. Bohannon said, “It would provide us an possibleness to locate money up face and then spend money downbound the agency because we wouldn’t be stipendiary lease anymore.” 

Klotz asked for counselling from the council saying, “I don’t poverty to advise nervy and locate a clump of instance and try into it if there is no interest.  I conceive there is from conversation to assorted grouping on the council, but I’d also same to undergo we hit a organisation in locate for how we are feat to clear for it before we attain an authorised offer.” 

When Attorney Marcel Lebbin asked how such they desired for the antiquity Klotz said, “I’ll verify you later.” Lebbin said the county could ingest 10% of the Health First Indiana money. 

Councilman Will Patterson asked how such money Klotz intellection he necessary from the county; his interpret was the HVAC systems are nearing the modify of their chronicle and the boilers requirement whatever secondary upgrades on patterned valves.  He estimated added $200,000 and that the county could recompense their initial assets in 3 to 4 years. 

The County Council did change to earmark council vice-president to work with Klotz on the possibleness acquire of the Bowen Center antiquity on Dora Lane. 

During Monday’s County Commissioners gathering Klotz said the council gave hold to advise nervy with the doable acquire of the Boen Center property.

Commissioner Kevin Overmyer reminded Klotz of the requirement for digit appraisals of the property.  He also said, “Sitting here for 13 more meetings, I conceive we should advise until the newborn commissioners and newborn council comes in incoming year.” 

Klotz said there is feat to be a material process in lease if the upbeat division stays where they are at.  

The County Commissioners authorised having the county professional occurrence digit advertizement appraisers to countenance at the Bowen Center facility.  If the categorization that Bowen Center has complete the county haw exclusive requirement to clear for digit appraisal.   

Overmyer asked most the material process and Sandy Dunfee from the Health Department said the process is allowing the Health Department to advise to the important take with more conservativist footage.