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FOR CONSOLIDATION/CLOSURE SALE OF FIRCREST SCHOOL

262 Clients

EARLIEST POSSIBLE SALE: 05/07 BIENNIUM?

ESTIMATED SALE PRICE  

ESTIMATED COSTS TO SELL

(Most must be funded in 03/05 biennium)

Approximately $33M

JLARC 10/31/2002 Consultant estimates based on current Zoning Regulations

   

$35M to re-open 11 closed cottages (includes health & safety upgrades) at all other RHCs (Space availability for 176 clients ONLY (11x16=176)  {Land & Bldgs report indicates availability of only 153 beds}

     
Between $30M -  $100M

Senator D. Fairley 3/7/03 Unsubstantiated estimates with Zoning Changes.

  $12+M per year - Remaining 109 clients with Community Option:  Analyst's claim of *$308 per diem [$308x365x109=$12,253,780]
     
*According to DDD Director is impossible to track total Community costs due to variety of funding sources.   Approx. 2 years to move 40 clients into the community under Olmstead.  With the same planning this move could take almost 6 yrs.
     
"It was never the intent of the [Olmstead] report to attempt to identify the total cost of services to clients".  (DDD)   Approx. $750,000 Asbestos Abatement at Fircrest.
    COSTS NOT CALCULATED
Additional Staffing Costs - Transfers of direct caregivers & professional staff to new locations

Transitional staffing to assist residents to adjust to relocation

Physical Moving Costs

RIFs & Severance Packages for those staff members unable/unwilling to commute 100+ miles per day

Additional Costs in personnel to maintain or establish certification levels during transition period

Loss of clinics used by Community