Benton County commissioners reached an agreement to secure the site of the former Kennewick General Hospital for Tri-Cities’ first addiction/intellectual health center about a month ago and the assignment has already gotten off to a smart start.
According to County Commissioner Jerome Delvin, “Many other people broke windows, broke doors, cut pipes, etc. We took this construction less than a month ago and this has happened in the last few weeks. “
Specifically, the old hospital suffered $12,000 in flood damage from pipe cuts, 1five damaged windows, five damaged doors and destruction of appliances. For this reason, the commissioners decided to declare a state of emergency in the place.
This means the county can circumvent bidding measures and get more complete security on site as it works to turn the old hospital into a remedy center.
“We will be there 24/7. At least at night [we would have] a genuine user there,” Delvin said, adding, “We want to act on this now in the building. “
However, many members of the network wonder why the county commissioner didn’t see the challenge coming, given that the former KGH is in a more complicated component of Tri-Cities, combined with the fact that the network is seeing an increase in homelessness. crime and vandalism in the aftermath of two years.
However, the county commissioner’s plan to rush with the assignment and put that trick in motion.
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Benton County commissioners reached an agreement to secure the site of the former Kennewick General Hospital for Tri-Cities’ first addiction/intellectual health center about a month ago and the assignment has already gotten off to a smart start.
According to County Commissioner Jerome Delvin, “Many other people broke windows, broke doors, cut pipes, etc. We took this construction less than a month ago and this has happened in the last few weeks. “
Specifically, the old hospital suffered $12,000 in flood damage from pipe cuts, 1five damaged windows, five damaged doors and destruction of appliances. For this reason, the commissioners decided to declare a state of emergency in the place.
This means the county can circumvent bidding measures and get more complete security on site as it works to turn the old hospital into a remedy center.
“We will be there 24/7. At least at night [we would have] a genuine user there,” Delvin said, adding, “We want to act on this now in the building. “
However, many members of the network wonder why the county commissioner didn’t see the challenge coming, given that the former KGH is in a more complicated component of Tri-Cities, combined with the fact that the network is seeing an increase in homelessness. crime and vandalism in the aftermath of two years.
However, the county commissioner’s plan to rush with the assignment and put that trick in motion.