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Published October 30, 2009 12:44 pm - Several people turned out Thursday for the open house and ribbon cutting of the Monroe Family Wellness Center. Officials come to building open house By GINA KINSLOW Glasgow Daily Times TOMPKINSVILLE — Several people turned out Thursday for the open house and ribbon cutting of the Monroe Family Wellness Center.
Among those in attendance were Monroe County magistrates, who were given tours by members of the Wellness Center’s board of directors. Prior to the event, the board attended a special-called meeting of the Monroe Fiscal Court where magistrates were given copies of design build proposals for a second building for the Wellness Center that will house a swimming pool and a cardio fitness area. Rita Crabtree, chairman of the board of directors, said she was pleased with the outcome of the magistrates’ meeting. “I think everybody came to more of a common understanding and I think if everything goes as was stated we should be moving along in at a faster pace and with everyone on the same page,” she said. The Wellness Board had several concerns prior to the first bid opening, in which contractors submitted proposals containing dollar amounts. “Of course, the main thing was the cost. The bid process — if they were going to be over bid or under bid. We were concerned with the fact that we would have liked to have seen a lot more bids submitted. There was less than what we would anticipated for us to choose from or looked at and just that everything was done in a right manner,” she said. As for grumblings that one contractor was being preferred over another, she said, “You always hear grumblings and we were just wanting to make sure that today everybody was on the same page and that those grumblings didn’t have proof.” County Attorney Wes Stephens said he felt there was a misunderstanding that the Monroe Fiscal Court did not want the Wellness Center’s input. “That’s never been the intent,” he said during Thursday’s special-called meeting. Crabtree said she thought that was an issue the magistrates voted on at their Oct. 21 meeting due to “our inability to govern the last process effectively.” Stephens said the magistrates just want to move forward with the project, and Crabtree said she does too. “I think everybody is on the same page. We’ve just come a different route for everybody to get there,” Stephens said. Magistrate Alonzo Ford and the other magistrates said they think the Wellness Board should be involved in the project. “The county’s part on it is they are financially responsible,” said Monroe County Judge/Executive Wilbur Graves. 
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