CLERMONT RAG FRIDAY, 09 MAY 2020
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PLANS MONASH LODGE’S NEXT STAGE An engaging discussion has paved the direction for Monash Lodge’s future at one of the most historic towns in Central Queensland.
In March, Council resolved that service delivery and concept proposals would be considered when the process begins.
Monash Lodge was the centrepiece of aged care services in our historic mining and agricultural town of Clermont since 1990.
Division 6 Councillor Lyn Jones said the expressions of interest will also have portions of possible tenure options.
More than 50 residents who attended an InfoShare session with Isaac Regional Council earlier this year have voiced for a reinvigoration of the facility for the delivery of aged care services. Council, which owns the building that sits on Queensland Government land, will begin an expressions of interest round later this year to help re-energise the facility. Mayor Anne Baker said Council supported the strong community sentiment that Monash Lodge should be again made available for aged care purposes. “Monash Lodge is a fantastic facility that has served the community for many years and all stakeholders want to see it in continuing its role in community service,” she said. “We have listened, put your concerns on the record and we are working towards an expressions of interest process.”
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“This being the Monash Lodge facility, with or without the vacant parcel of land on the same lot, and with or without expression of interest for the tenure and management of the Blair Athol and Frank Dennis lodge units and the requirement of any applicant to provide evidence of the sustainability of their submitted proposal,” Cr Jones said. “There will be more detail to this when we see who’s out there who’s interested to helping fill this gap our community needs filled.” If the process does not result in any acceptable proposal, Council will conduct another round of community engagement to consider options at that stage. A Monash Lodge expression of interest will be advertised in the coming months.