The Wabash County Health Board has voted to further explore relocating the health department from 7th and Chestnut to the former WAVE building on outer West 3rd Street. At last week’s monthly meeting, health department administrator Judy Wissel explained that their current facility is stretched to the seams and beyond…
Wissel says the time to find a new home for the health department is now…
According to Wissel, the estimate to renovate the current health department came in at over $765,000, with a $266,000 helping to pay for the project. But, county commissioners, who have final approval on the issue, said the estimate was too high to put into the existing building and suggested looking at the WAVE building. Wissel said the estimate to renovate the WAVE was $702,000 and if the county honors a $450,000 commitment that was made previously, the health department would have to come up with about a quarter million dollars. The project now goes to the county board for final approval.
The Wabash County Health Board has approved moving the Wabash County Health Department to the former WAVE building on West 9th Street.
The Wabash County Health Board has approved moving the Wabash County Health Department to the former WAVE building on West 9th Street.