Ross County — The commissioners heard two sides on senior citizens facilities in Ross County, after COVID disrupted services 4 1/2 years ago.
It was pointed out in the July 28th commissioners session that public senior citizens services are managed by the Ross County Committee for Elderly. The committee operates the senior center on Western Avenue in Chillicothe, but other senior citizen centers may be variously independent. COVID closures and shifting of funding disrupted all that.
In the meeting, Adelphi and Bainbridge seniors complained that they want better services from the committee. But the executive director and board members of the committee said they have been supplying other services, have guidelines to re-establish senior centers outside of Chillicothe…but have also been dea