Firm to negotiate for county on nursing home problems

URBANA – A local firm has taken over arbitrating or litigating the county's efforts to recoup some of the $4 million cost overrun on its new, unopened nursing home.

State's Attorney Julia Rietz said Urbana's Phebus and Koester firm, founded in 1895, was well-qualified to help the board argue that contractors should repay some of the $1.7 million cost to kill mold in the facility, as well as the still-unknown cost of getting the ventilation system to work.

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