A separate personnel office is necessary for proper operation and for privacy issues. At the present time, the "personnel office" is a desk in the open business office where there is no privacy.

The conclusions from the planning meetings indicate two primary considerations for selecting the office location:

• Locate with administration
• Locate off employee entrance corridor

Several possibilities were considered:

• Could a private office be constructed within the present business office?

• Could an addition be constructed at the south end of the present building, where the present employee entrance is located, to accommodate the personnel office and other business and operational functions?

• All the employee services could be located together instead of in the present three locations.
• The expansion of the lobby requires the relocation of the locker rooms which could be located in this addition.
• Employees want their dining room relocated, from the present basement location, which could ideally be located with the locker rooms.
• Additional space was desired in the administration/business office.

• The high cost of construction.
• The present exit is also used as an exit for the stair tower from the basement which, to the best of our knowledge, is required to exit directly to the outside. Constructing this addition would block this direct egress to the outside without extensive renovation to the existing structure and stair tower.

• Could the present housekeeping office be utilized for the personnel office?

When we take into consideration that the proposed creation of an Adult Home would only utilize two of the existing three skilled nursing wings, the third wing would be the least expensive place to relocate the locker rooms and staff dining room. Therefore, the creation of the personnel office in the present housekeeping office location appears to be the best option.

The cost of converting the housekeeping office into the personnel office would be approximately $2,000.