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Residents and supervisors press Winnebago County over Parkview elevator safety; board approves private-pay increase and staff support
Summary
Residents at Parkview Health Center told supervisors the facility's main elevator has been intermittently inoperable, limiting residents' access to services and funerals. Supervisors and facilities staff discussed repairs, replacement feasibility and evacuation planning. During the budget session the board approved a private-pay rate increase for
Residents and relatives raised safety and access concerns about an intermittently inoperable elevator at Parkview Health Center during public comment at the Oct. 12 Winnebago County budget hearing.
"It is not safe," resident Patty Julius told the board, describing repeated elevator failures since Jan. 30 and the difficulty of moving wheelchair users through a smaller service elevator that requires staff assistance. Jill Fritsch, whose aunt lived at Parkview and missed services because of the elevator, echoed those concerns.
Supervisor Tom Swan and other supervisors pressed county facilities staff and the Parkview…
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