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Post by estherlike on Jun 27, 2009 9:13:48 GMT -5
>:(For those of you interested, remember the Commissioners complaining that the county was subsidizing Heartland Home by $380,000/year? Well guess what folks, it is now costing approximately $108,000/year in unemployment for the Heartland Home employees and the 7 former residents that are now under the care of MRDD have a collective yearly care cost of $278,000 so what did we REALLY save. Remember, $380,000 cared for 48 residents while $278,000 is caring for 7. BIG DIFFERENCE!!! But the Commissioners will tell you that the MRDD cost does not come out of County General. Look at your property tax people. The cost of MRDD is still YOUR tax dollars, it doesn't matter whether it is County General or MRDD, it is still YOUR money being spent and wouldn't you rather have your taxes pay $32,000/month to care for 48 instead of $23,000/month to care for 7? And had the home stayed open it would have been available for other persons to be accepted. With each person coming in and paying into the upkeep, the cost to the county drops.
Remember, these monthly totals don't include the unemployment or the cost of maintenance for the home to sit empty, that is until county offices move in, at which time it will cost you even more.
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Post by guest on Jun 27, 2009 13:15:04 GMT -5
Do not forget the ones that did not have any money and the county has to pay for their room and board. I am sure that the commissioners are hoping that everyone is forgetting about that. Well, they can guess again. So, what is the total savings for Ashland County now that they have closed the Home? Well I will be darned, not any. If I am correct, it has put them further in the red.
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Post by estherlike on Jun 27, 2009 23:06:08 GMT -5
:(Guest, you are correct, however, I am only putting up actual dollar figures I can prove. The ones I have posted I have documents to back up and the documents are from the County. There are some that did not have any money or family, and yes, the County DOES have to pay for them, but I am still trying to track down the figures on those. And don't forget about the ones that had to go to nursing homes at the expense of Medicare. Remember, those are your tax dollars also, even though it has been paid into by those using it. I am not saying they don't deserve to use the Medicare. What I am saying is that once their money runs out and they run out of the Medicare days allowed, then what?
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Post by Fed Up on Jun 29, 2009 10:13:50 GMT -5
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Post by estherlike on Jun 29, 2009 12:03:42 GMT -5
Yes, Fed Up, isn't that nice? How long has this group been saying this is what they were going to use the home for? And the Commissioners continued lying to the public saying that was not true. Now the truth comes out. I wonder how the people that said they wouldn't be able to get out to the building on 250 are suppose to get out to Heartland Home? This is just sickening!!!
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Post by trAshlandResident on Jun 29, 2009 13:38:12 GMT -5
How much will it take to convert Heartland Home into viable office space?
If anyone thought the price tag for the Board of Elections facelift was high, you ain't seen nothing yet!
I'm trying to see things from the Commissioners' point of view, but it's hard to get my head bent that far backwards toward my posterior!
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Post by katie272882 on Jul 30, 2009 6:01:50 GMT -5
You are absolutely correct, estherlike! Either the commissioners DON'T get it, or they do not want the county residents to know! When Heartland Home was open and until it was closed by the commissioners, there was ONLY ONE totally indigent resident at Heartland Home! When you compare what it was costing for 48 residents and could have cost the county NOTHING....... have they done the math of what it is costing NOW and in the future to keep 7 people? No, probably not, because they had their sights set thru "rose-colored" glasses and now the future has become "in the RED" due to their ineptness!
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