Relief For Quadco Over Privatization Concerns

Plans for pri­va­ti­za­tion are elim­i­nat­ing any con­cerns for con­flict of inter­est at Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter. The admin­is­tra­tive attor­ney in Colum­bus that was hired to research the sit­u­a­tion and review the reor­ga­ni­za­tion with the Ohio Depart­ment of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties recently sent a let­ter with his con­clu­sions to each of the super­in­ten­dents of the four county boards of devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties and the county pros­e­cut­ing attor­neys.
The let­ter from men­tions that Sen­ate Bill 169… the one that cre­ated the county boards of devel­op­men­tal dis­abil­i­ties, was not effec­tive until after Quadco had been formed. The attor­ney also said that the four county boards of Devel­op­men­tal Dis­abil­i­ties played no role in the Quadco Reha­bil­i­ta­tion Cen­ter board for­ma­tion and that none of the bod­ies was ever a mem­ber of the Admin­is­tra­tive Board. In other mat­ters, North­west Employ­ment Ser­vices reported that two peo­ple who have been work­ing at the Sub­way® Restau­rants have found jobs in the com­mu­nity. And a new partially-automated machine that builds card­board pal­lets is almost ready accord­ing to Pro­gram Direc­tor Philip Zuver. He said safety guard­ing and the com­puter pro­gram­ming will be added to the machine this week. The machine will be used to respond to the grow­ing amount of orders for the card­board pal­lets pro­duced by the cen­ter, and it should be oper­a­tional at North­west Prod­ucts in Arch­bold next month. And finally, the annual Hal­loween party with a dance is being planned for the after­noon of Octo­ber 30. The next reg­u­lar meet­ing will be Octo­ber 27 at noon in the Stryker con­fer­ence room.