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County presentation lays out options for Health Care Center; board moves to closed session on sale
Summary
Rock County staff on June 5 gave supervisors a high-level briefing on the Rock County Health Care Center building and its condition, telling the board that demolition and redevelopment would likely cost less and create more efficient space than renovating the existing 1972 structure.
Rock County staff on June 5 gave supervisors a high-level briefing on the Rock County Health Care Center building and its role within the county’s Highway 51 campus, telling the board earlier that demolition and redevelopment would likely cost less and create more efficient space than renovating the existing 1972 structure.
A county staff member explained the building’s history and the assessments that led to the recommendation to remove the structure. The Health Care Center, built in 1972 originally as a psychiatric hospital, has five floors plus a ground level and long corridors and concrete support columns that limit efficient reconfiguration. County staff said a 2017 analysis and a 2018 facilities master plan both concluded renovation would cost more than demolition and new construction, and an…
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