Sullivan County budget cuts back on money for nursing home renovation
Modified: 6/30/2021 9:54:09 PM
UNITY Sullivan County lawmakers voted this week to approve a $34.3 million budget that opponents characterized as “shortsighted” for failing to set aside enough money for a long-planned renovation of the county’s nursing home.
The Democratic-controlled delegation voted, 8-5, on nearly partisan lines Tuesday to approve a fiscal year 2022 spending plan that officials say will increase the county’s portion of property taxes by 3.8%.
That’s a reduction from the budget put forth earlier this year by the Republican-led Sullivan County Commission, which proposed a $34.6 million plan that would have seen taxes rise by almost 10%.
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Sullivan County nursing home discussions at a standstill
Modified: 4/27/2021 9:41:56 PM
UNITY The future of a proposed $54 million renovation of the Sullivan County nursing home is uncertain following a meeting of the county delegation that recessed without an up or down vote on the project.
“Right now we are divided,” state Rep. John Cloutier, D-Claremont, the delegation’s chairman, said Tuesday.
He said recessing Monday evening’s meeting, which was held in person in Newport and via Zoom, “was the only way to sort of end it. We’re just at loggerheads.” No date was set to take up the matter again.