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Residents and family advocates press Winnebago County over Parkview elevator problems
Summary
Multiple residents and advocates raised repeated safety concerns about an intermittently functioning elevator at Parkview Health Center during public comment; county executive said staff would verify recent repairs and efforts are underway to confirm long-term fixes.
Several residents and advocates used the public comment period to press county officials about repeated elevator breakdowns at Parkview Health Center and what the county is doing to protect residents.
Patty Julius said she had returned to the board to follow up on the issue raised at the previous meeting and described a pattern of breakdowns: "How is the elevator situation going to get resolved at Parkview?" she asked, outlining repeated dates when the elevator was out of service or its buttons were broken. Jill Fritsch echoed the account and listed multiple consecutive dates in late October and early November in which the elevator was either out of service or was operating only with broken buttons.
County executive staff told the board that facilities and Parkview reported the elevator was working as of the previous Wednesday, and the executive said county staff would verify the status and do everything possible to ensure resident safety. The board asked staff to follow up and to provide confirmation of repairs.
What happens next: County staff indicated they would verify Parkview's operational status and follow up with supervisors; several board members pressed for additional verification and potential grant-seeking to fund a permanent replacement if needed.
