Committee to also report to full Board regarding successes, failures, and status and to provide recommendations for improvement
TINA L. SCOTT
EDITOR
At the June 21, 2022, Lincoln County Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board created an ad hoc Committee on Pine Crest, as recommended by the Administrative & Legislative (A&L) Committee. A Resolution to create the ad hoc Committee on Pine Crest was authored by Supervisor Don Friske and co-authored by Angela Cummings and Jesse Boyd and passed by a Committee vote 6-0 on June 1, 2022, at the A&L Committee meeting.
At the County Supervisors meeting on June 21, Nathan Peterson made a motion to adopt the Resolution, George Brixius seconded the motion, and the motion carried by a voice vote.
The ad hoc Committee on Pine Crest was created to “1) Review the existing financial obligations concerning Pine Crest, and to review the prudence of any future contractual obligations concerning Pine Crest made by either signed contact or County Board resolution; 2) Review the original and current use of the Pine Crest building and grounds; 3) Review the Nursing Home Management Agreement and the Memorandum of Understanding (repair and maintenance of durable medical equipment and removal/rearrangement of furniture) between Lincoln County and North Central Health Care as such documents relate to the building and bed licenses; 4) Provide a report to the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors outlining the past and current successes, failures and status of Pine Crest Nursing Home; and 5) Provide recommendations to the Lincoln County Board of Supervisors for consideration, detailing areas of improvement for Lincoln County’s overall position concerning Pine Crest Nursing Home.”
Designated to be comprised of five County Board Supervisors, the Administrative Coordinator, Maintenance Director, IT Director, and Corporation Counsel, department heads are also ex officio (non-voting) members who will attend/participate as needed.
Peterson and Brixius later made a motion and second to appoint the following Board Supervisors to fill those positions on the ad hoc Committee on Pine Crest: Ken Wickham (Chair), Marty Lemke, Bill Bialecki, Greg Hartwig, and Angela Cummings, and that motion also carried by a voice vote.
The Committee on Pine Crest met after the June County Board meeting and will report monthly to the entire Board. It will conclude its business “no later than the March 2023 County Board meeting.”