Concerns are mounting in Cadiz, regarding the potential arrival of a residential mental health facility on Kings Chapel Road.
During Tuesday night’s special-called Trigg County Fiscal Court meeting, Magistrate Alana Baker-Dunn laid out a road map of issues she has with the not-yet-open Kentucky Wellness Center, and through some rigorous due diligence, she has unearthed some discrepancies.
First and foremost, she read aloud a letter from property neighbor David Henry, who had issues even this week.
Then, she tackled business legitimacy, referencing their website of kywellnesscenter.com:
+ All of the “locations served” point to Cadiz, and no other locations in the country;
+ There are claims of “The Joint Commission National Quality of Approval” for this new facility, however, Kentucky only has three such locations with this honor: Hopkinsville, Lexington and Elizabethtown;
+ There are online claims of already having served 1,200 clients, when the Cadiz location is not yet open;
+ Treatment, she said, is listed as voluntary for adults, meaning an non-gated, non-fenced property with no listings for safety officer employees could lead to straying, and dangerous, patients;
+ The website claims to have “an expert clinical team, with board-certified psychiatrists and licensed therapists;”
In fact, the only provider listed on staff is Lori Humphries, of Nebo.
+ According to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, office of the Inspector General, there are nine licensed facilities in Trigg County, not one of which is this location, and it has yet to be inspected for ADA compliance;
+ And who actually owns this company? Baker-Dunn said that’s her biggest frustration of all, after she referenced research through the Kentucky Secretary of State and registered LLCs.
Even further, this Northwest Registered Agent LLC is from Sheridan, Wyoming.
Baker-Dunn’s comments came after another Kings Chapel resident, Jason Hillman, voiced his growing wariness of the project, noting 20-to-30 cars and trucks have been on, or near, this spot “for at least two months,” with no signage of note, and several visitors “walking around on other people’s properties.”
Children, he said, are living and playing within 300 feet of the property lines.
Judge-Executive Stan Humphries confirmed his office receive preliminary information about the company just “two weeks ago,” and have since been conducting their own due diligence into the matter of its arrival.
The Cadiz-Trigg County Planning Commission oversees zoning regulations in the community. Most of those regulations, however, pertain to the city limits, and this is not in such.
Zoning outside of Cadiz has, for decades, caused consternation and vehement debate within constituents and officials, before abatement cleared hearts and minds.
Trigg Countians should expect for these conversations to once again rise into focus.
Henry’s Letter:
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