STRATEGIC PLAN: Options for the future of Fairmount Home

Fairmount Home Administrator Susan Brant presented a series of initial options for the future of Fairmount Home to Frontenac County Council at a Council strategic planning working group session on October 18, 2023.

The home portion of the Fairmount Home building was completed in 1968 and can accommodate 128 resident beds. Administrator Brant described four possible options for the future of Fairmount Home.

1. Plan to do nothing. Complete a building assessment and adjust reserve payment calculations accordingly. Maintain 128 resident beds.
2. Remain at the current site but modernize the existing building to improve infection prevention/control and resident comfort.
3. Remain at the current site but modernize the existing building as in option two, and expand to add an additional 32 resident beds for a total of 160 beds.
4. Build a new 160-bed Fairmount Home building on Frontenac County campus near the existing building and repurpose the existing building.

It's important to note that these options are merely a starting point for Council discussion and consideration, and that strategic choices related to Fairmount Home will likely inform strategic decisions pertaining to Frontenac Paramedics. Click here to learn about Frontenac Paramedics.

Council voted to gather more information related to costs with the City of Kingston with an eye to exploring more about option three for Fairmount Home: Modernize the current site and add 32 beds for a total of 160 beds.

Next steps to come in due course after staff reports back to Council.

Watch video of Administrator Brant's presentation below for more detail, cost implications, and Council discussion.

And watch Frontenac County CAO Kelly Pender introduce the Fairmount and Frontenac Paramedics strategic plan proposals. . . .