{"id":7618,"date":"2024-07-18T18:32:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T21:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:55:45","slug":"queens-councillors-approve-extra-cost-for-hillsview-acres-elevator-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/07\/18\/queens-councillors-approve-extra-cost-for-hillsview-acres-elevator-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens councillors approve extra cost for Hillsview Acres elevator work"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Region of Queens councillors have approved an extra $33,272 in work at Hillsview Acres to prepare for elevator upgrades at the facility. (Facebook)<\/p><\/div>\n

UPDATED 3:55 p.m. Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to cost a little more to upgrade the elevator at a nursing home in north Queens.<\/span><\/p>\n

Region of Queens councillors held a special meeting on Wednesday to approve an extra $33,272 for electrical and alarm panel work at Hillsview Acres in Greenfield.<\/span><\/p>\n

The region owns and operates the 29-bed long-term care home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joanne Veinotte, the region\u2019s director of corporate services, told councillors that in 2022, the contractor responsible for maintaining and inspecting the elevator told staff “<\/span>that it was nearing its end of life. Should something happen to the elevator we would not be able to replace it in a timely manner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Council had already approved $86,250 in their 2023\/24 capital budget for the work on the facility’s elevator.<\/span><\/p>\n

But when the elevator contractor, TK Elevator, visited Hillsview in the spring, workers found that the existing alarm panel and supporting electrical components needed to be upgraded to accommodate the work on the electrical components of the elevator.<\/span><\/p>\n

The extra costs break down as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n