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So, in the meantime, the county is paying for two policies.
The board set an August 16, 9 a.m. date for a special meeting to discuss the insurance problem.
In other action, the board endorsed an application of the Community Services Board to buy the Boxwood House Motel and Restaurant near Culpeper and convert it to a drug and alcohol treatment center for indigents.
The need for the project was brought about by rising costs at private treatment centers. Currently, the county pays about $55 per day for county residents undergoing treatment at private facilities. That is expected to jump to $75 per day and could reach as high as $125 per day depending on the services provided.
Until recently, clients needing such treatment could go to Western State Hospital near Staunton for statefunded treatment. That facility no longer offers a 28-day education service that will be provided at Culpeper, should the project be completed.
Bruce Hoover, who outlined the services to be offered at Culpeper, told Supervisors that the new facility would be geared towards “clients who have no access” to insurance or other means by which to pay their bill.
The project, which carries a pricetag of approximately $405,000, would be funded privately until state money can be used to fiind operation and maintenance.
There will be no expense to Rappahannock County taxpayers, according to Hoover. But the services board needs approval from all the governing bodies within the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District before it can propose to use state funds, he added. It is expected that the initial $405,000 to buy the motel would come from private lending sources.
Once the program is in place, Hoover said it can serve up to 33 clients at a cost of about $48 per day.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke, who wrote the resolution which Supervisors later passed, said that the county would not be liable “if the thing goes sour.” That risk, he said, is taken by the lender.
The vote to endorse the resolution was unanimous. Supervisor Lane, who said he “would rather see it handled privately,” abstained.
In other action Monday, the board:
— noted that the Sperryville water and sewer projects are “coming along smoothly,” according to V. Wayne Cilimberg, executive director of the planning district. He added that the project appeared to be “right on schedule.”
Cilimberg said he estimates the average monthly user fee to run about $12-15 per month and added that he hopes state and federal funding will be such that it will cover “house-to-sewage-treatment-plant hookups.”
— will consider a plan to formally establish a priority of backup during fire department and rescue squad calls through the five-county district. An agreement is in place to map out backup procedures, said Cilimberg, but it has always been informal. With a formal, written agreement, Cilimberg said dispatchers and other fire companies and rescue squads would eliminate any confusion.
Cilimberg said that affected fire and rescue units would work out the details of the plan but he asked Supervisors to “more or less endorse the concept.”
Supervisor Lane said “the concept sounds good,” but board Chairman Hubert Gilkey said, “I would feel better, as a board member, acting on a recommendation coming from the (Rappahannock Fire and Rescue) association.”
No action was taken.
— authorized Clerk Diane Bruce to order repairs on a copy machine at
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