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Commissioners plan nursing‑home tour, discuss McLeod renovations and possible sole‑source procurement
Summary
County staff and commissioners discussed McLeod nursing‑home renovations, scheduled a Feb. 3 subcommittee tour of assisted living and upper floors, and said project contractors performed well enough to consider sole‑source follow‑on work if bonding is approved.
County commissioners were briefed on progress at the McLeod nursing home and told the nursing‑home subcommittee will tour the assisted living area and the Fourth and Fifth Floors after completing its budget review.
Ross, a county staff member, said the team wants the subcommittee to complete the budget review first and then "literally walk them through the assisted living, have a good tour through there, and then take them upstairs, and just have a quick overview." The tour was scheduled for the subcommittee meeting on Feb. 3.
Why it matters: commissioners said seeing the finished assisted‑living work and recent renovations will help the delegation and subcommittee better evaluate bonding requests and related budget decisions.
Ross commended project partners. He told the board that Anthony Mento of SMP and Keith of Harvey Construction "are doing an outstanding job" and that the assisted‑living work came in "on time and under budget." Ross said that performance led staff to consider asking the board, if bonding is approved, to pursue follow‑on work with the same firms under a sole‑source procurement, citing the contractors’ familiarity with the project and the accelerated timeline they met.
Board members did not vote on procurement at the meeting. Ross said the team would approach the board to discuss sole‑source options if the bonding request is approved by the delegation and the board decides to pursue the next phase.
Ending: The commissioners set the nursing‑home subcommittee budget review and tour as the immediate next step; any procurement or bonding decisions will return to the full board for formal action.
