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County staff flag possible contract to house DSS clients at Berkshire motel; common spaces, transport cited
Summary
Department of Social Services staff told the Health and Human Services Committee they are negotiating with the Berkshire motel to use about 27 rooms and common space to house county clients and support a warming center this winter; committee members were told a contract could come to committee later this fall.
County Department of Social Services staff told the Health and Human Services Committee on Aug. 19 that discussions are underway with the Berkshire motel in Supervisor Adams’s town about using the property to house Department of Social Services (DSS) clients and to support a warming center. The discussion matters because the motel would provide immediate room capacity and common areas county staff say could be adapted for laundry, offices, a kitchen, a community room and an apartment for families. “They're looking at the space,” said a DSS staff member. “We do have, say, 27 rooms out there.”…
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