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Board approves $398,978 nursing-home pay application; members authorize pharmacy bid and approve therapy funding line change
Summary
The board approved Pay Application #6 for the Nursing Home Performance Project ($398,977.97), bringing completed work to $4,664,727.63 of a $7,659,903.59 contract; the board also authorized a pharmacy bid for the nursing home and approved line-item changes that included funding for in-house therapy.
The Knox County Board on Feb. 25 approved Pay Application #6 for the Nursing Home Performance Project in the amount of $398,977.97. Member Samuel Cohen said that with this payment the total completed and stored to date is $4,664,727.63 against an original contract amount of $7,659,903.59. The motion passed with Thierry voting no and the rest of the board in favor (Ayes 10; Noes 1).
Vice-Chair Brian Friedrich and Member Joshua Kramer said Nursing Home Administrator Mines requested authority to put the facility’s pharmacy contract out to bid; the meeting recorded authorization to 'bid and bring back' the pharmacy contract for later board consideration. Treasurer Robin Davis described line-item changes approved by the board that include funding for in-house therapy services at the nursing home; the proposed changes passed 9–2 with Members Thierry and Davidson opposed. No vendor was selected at the meeting.
