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Strickland set to veto Twin Valley proposal
Governor also will veto provision to provide $6.3M for Dayton-based mental health care crisis center.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland has his pen ready to line-item veto two Dayton-related provisions in the $1.3 billion capital improvements budget — one to delay the closing of Twin Valley Behavorial Healthcare for six months and the second to provide $6.3 million for a Dayton-based mental health care crisis center.
The vetoes, however, may not be the last word in the ongoing disagreement between Democrat Strickland and House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, regarding Twin Valley, the mental hospital on Wayne Avenue scheduled to close June 30.
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If the Strickland administration doesn't come up with a Twin Valley plan acceptable to the Dayton community during the summer, Husted said that he would revisit the issue when the legislature returns in the fall.
Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, has promised to work with him, said Husted.
The plan offered by the administration last week was "light," said Husted. "It doesn't solve the broader need."
The House and Senate took final action on the capital bill on Tuesday, June 10, and sent it to Strickland.
Overall, the two-year brick-and-mortar spending plan includes $16.3 million for Dayton area projects with the potential of creating 1,400 jobs plus millions more for projects at area colleges and universities.
Keith Dailey, Strickland's spokesman, had no reaction to Husted's Twin Valley comments but said that the "goal is to work in good faith with the Dayton community to provide assistance to meet the needs." He acknowledged that there hadn't been consensus on the plan Strickland offered last week. Strickland is closing Twin Valley and a second mental hospital in Cambridge to close a potential $733 million hole in the operating budget.
The plan called for giving ownership of Twin Valley to the local mental health board and providing up to $4.5 million for a 10-bed "crisis care stabilization center" for the mentally ill after the 110-bed hospital closes.
There also would be an additional $160,000 for Wright State University for supervising psychiatric residents in community settings and to support new faculty.
