The Valley Hi Operating Board is meeting at the county nursing home this Wednesday at 6 PM.
The highlight will probably be “Market Demand Analyses” by two consultants,
- Health Dimensions Group at 6 PM
- WIPFLI at 6:30 PM
Valley Hi, as regular readers will remember is sitting on a huge surplus.
There is debate on how much of the over $39 million ought to be called “surplus,” but for an subdivision of county government that is supposed to break even–and has been doing a good job doing so–a lot has to be considered excessive.
Here is the referendum language approved by the voters:
“Shall McHenry County be authorized to levy and collect a tax at a
rate not to exceed .1% for the purpose of building, maintaining and
operating a county nursing home?” [Empahsis added.]
The nursing home spends and takes in something in the neighborhood of $10-11 million per year.
Administrator Thomas Annarella has done an excellent job on the financial end of things.
Valley Hi’s location.
Want to see how those in charge want to spend part of the property tax dollars that have been accumulated ($3 million more being collected this year), drive northwest of Woodstock to 2406 Hartland Road.
These are the people on the Operating Board:
- Joanne Hanrahan
- Jim Heisler (County Board)
- James Kennedy (Vice Chairman)
- Gloria Mack
- Peter Michling (Chairman)
- Lynn Ryan
- Ken Koehler (County Board)