{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Measure B to review long-term financial plan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":390,"description":"October 27, 2022 — Measure B, the half-cent sales tax to fund mental health, is heading into its fifth year, when the tax will be reduced from a half-cent to an eighth of a cent. The behavioral health training center in Redwood Valley and the critical residential treatment center in Ukiah are now open. A crisis respite center in Fort Bragg could be open by the end of the year, and preparations to demolish a building and build a psychiatric health facility in Ukiah are underway. But now, with the prospect of much less revenue and several buildings to maintain, the 11-member oversight committee is turning its attention to how to pay for long-term maintenance of the physical infrastructure.\r\n\r\nTwo items at Wednesday’s special meeting dovetailed with one another. County facilities director Janelle Rau offered a presentation about the maintenance and life cycle costs of the Measure B-owned buildings, which have been added to the county’s list of assets. Commissioner Sherrie Ebyam proposed developing a long-term financial plan, including projected revenue and ongoing costs, and expectations for the prudent reserve.\r\n\r\nThe prudent reserve for Measure B is currently 6.85%, following the county’s policy per advice from former county CEO and Measure B oversight commissioner Carmel Angelo.\r\n\r\nRau told the committee that the numbers she estimates for maintaining a 20-year life cycle for the buildings is rough, because one is new, another is not yet built, and the other hasn’t been used for very long. \r\n\r\n“So that’s the CRT (critical residential treatment center), the puff (psychiatric health facility), and then the training center in Redwood Valley,” she clarified. “From an operational perspective, it’s approximately $155,000 per year. That’s the total of the three buildings. So Redwood Valley is approximately $35,000. The psychiatric health facility we’re estimating at between $78,000 and $80,000, and then the CRT was an estimate of $42,000. And again, that’s an annual...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}