According to reliable sources, then County Administrator and now Peoria City Manager, had an offer from a local business man to buy the then vacant Belwood Nursing Home for $500,000. It is reported this bid was never presented to the FULL 18 member board.
Instead, the taxpayers paid $1.3+ million to have the building destroyed. Only logical reason, and pay attention, is because as I have numerous times reported the $29 million to renovate BelWood was GROSSLY inflated. It supposedly would have been only $4-6 million for the new owner to renovate the 300 bed facility into some type of elderly living facility.
Did County higher-ups turn down this offer which reputedly cost the taxpayers around $2 million dollars? Name of the proposed buyer is know to me but will not be revealed on this site.
Was all this done in a face-saving maneuver spear-headed by the then County Board Chairman and then Administrator Urich??
Peoria County is headed for financial disaster down the road. Wait and see. There are some County Board members leaving the board soon. Three, I believe. One Democrat and 2 Republicans. I suggest voters support and vote for those who have a fiscally conservative resume.
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