HEALTH DEPARTMENT … The Fulton County Health Department is planning to build an addition onto their current building. (PHOTO BY JACOB KESSLER, STAFF)
By: Jacob Kessler
The Fulton County Health Department is planning on having an addition built on to the existing building located in Wauseon.
The original building was erected in 1994 and is therefore having space issues. Health Commissioner Kim Cupp explained that there are more programs and staff members working in the building now then there were in 1994.
This has led to space issues in the building that will be fixed with this new addition. The addition will provide room for community education and engagement staff as well as breast and cervical cancer staff.
A new meeting room will also be included in the project. This new space will also allow for more room to be opened when staff move into their new offices.
Currently, the conference room is being used as office space with some meetings even having to take place in the hallway.
The work put into the new addition began back in December of 201. Assessments of what was needed took place, but when COVID came the work was put off to the side.
Later in 2022, the work to get going with the project began yet again.
Jacob can be reached at jacob@thevillagereporter.com