County's Public Health Committee to consider LDC running
Maplewood Manor  BALLSTON SPA -- County officials on the Public
Health Committee are planning today to discuss the possibility
of creating a local development corporation to run the county
nursing home, Maplewood Manor.  Because Maplewood Manor has been
losing millions of taxpayer dollars every year, county officials
are looking for a way to take it off the books but maintain some
control over the nursing home. Among its recommendations, the
county's hired consultant, the law firm Harris Beach, said
creating an LDC would provide some deficit relief and allow the
county to access some of the equity in the facility.  "Under the
control of an LDC, the county would still continue to have
obligations to Maplewood and continue to pay for its
operations," Harris Beach's recent report said.  According to
the Center for Governmental Research, LDCs are private, not-for-
profit corporations, usually created by local governments.
However, technically, any individual