{"id":4914,"date":"2022-02-22T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=4914"},"modified":"2022-02-27T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T15:33:53","slug":"underestimated-costs-delay-repairs-at-hillsview-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2022\/02\/22\/underestimated-costs-delay-repairs-at-hillsview-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Underestimated costs delay repairs at Hillsview Acres"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Repairs at Hillsview Acres long term-care home will have to wait after proposals came back way over budget.<\/p>\n

The province had approved $273,000 to update washrooms, stairs and entry doors at the municipally owned facility.<\/p>\n

Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman says the bids came back at $475,000 and $678,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe administrator knew what needed to be done so contacted some contractors and came up with estimates that led us to the $273,000 price,\u201d said Norman. I guess what was failed to be recognized is that this isn\u2019t the same as doing repairs on your home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norman says the repairs to the long-term care home must meet similar standards to hospitals and other healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n

While the Region of Queens has a reserve fund set aside for Hillsview Acres, Norman says it\u2019s up to the province to cover operational costs.<\/p>\n

A new long-term care home is planned to replace both Hillsview Acres and Queens Manor over the next few years.<\/p>\n

Norman says when the new facility is built the municipality will need that reserve to cover costs until Hillsview Acres can be sold.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho knows if there\u2019s no buyer for it? Who knows what the cost would be if it has to be demolished? Which I hope that it does not get there,\u201d said Norman. \u201cI hope there will be a useful use someone will have. But we can\u2019t spend all of our Hillsview reserve money on items that need to be done according to department of health standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norman says the Region\u2019s finance department is working directly with the provincial health department to come up with an appropriate estimate and secure the funding needed to complete the repairs.<\/p>\n

E-mail:\u00a0edhalversonnews@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong>
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Repairs at Hillsview Acres long term-care home will have to wait after proposals came back way over budget. The province had approved $273,000 to update washrooms, stairs and entry doors at the municipally owned facility. Region of Queens Mayor Darlene Norman says the bids came back at $475,000 and $678,000. \u201cThe administrator knew what needed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[79,349,348,24,350],"class_list":["post-4914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-darlene-norman","tag-hillsview-acres","tag-queens-manor","tag-region-of-queens","tag-renovations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4914\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}