ELMWOOD, WI – The Elmwood Village Board held their monthly March 2024 Board meeting on Monday, March 4 at the Elmwood Auditorium. With the full board present, the meeting was called to order at 7 p.m.
Village President, Neil Boltik issued a statement as the first year of his term nears its end;
“We’re coming up on a year of me being in this seat, and I just want to address a few things as a lot has happened in the last year. There was a complete turnover of the staff here in Elmwood. Holly taking over as the clerk has brought a lot of things to our attention… We’re trying to get our finances in order. Along with that, dovetailed into looking into the amount of money the nursing home had been losing over the last two years, and the decision was made to close the nursing home. We had a buyer immediately but, the buyer couldn’t secure financing, so it is back on the market… Looking at the books as they are right now, we are waiting for the final 2023 audit to be completed but, it looks like the checkbook is sitting in a much better situation then it was a year ago. We are not bleeding money to support the nursing home anymore. On average we were losing about $30,000 a month supporting the nursing home. With that being cut out, it’s allowed the Village to save money in other areas…”
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