It is likely the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners will soon be making a definitive decision regarding the future of Cedarbrook Nursing Home.

At the board’s Aug. 26 meeting, board Chairman Brad Osborne indicated he will be proposing a plan for the county nursing home at the Sept. 9 meeting.

Specifically, the plan will delve into constructing a new nursing home or rehabilitating the existing structure.

The board initially considered retaining Complete Healthcare Resources, Dresher, Pa., to conduct a financial study on the nursing home.

Commissioner Vic Mazziotti said he received a $105,000 proposal from CHR to complete the study.

Osborne strongly urged the commissioners to consider his plan rather than spend another $105,000 on a nursing home study.

A number of commissioners are more than ready to move forward with instituting a plan, Mazziotti said.

“We’re about to make a very important decision and it boils down to two questions,” Mazziotti said. “We either refurbish what we have or build a new building.”

While a new structure will cost more than rehabilitating the current structure, Mazziotti noted a new structure would provide cost saving measures to the county, such as decreasing operating costs.

Commissioner Geoff Brace agreed, commenting he was exhausted with reviewing studies.

Lower Macungie resident Joe Ludrof also spoke in favor of moving forward with a decision.

He said the county has built and maintained the county administration building, courthouse and jail, all of which he lauded.

“You spent some big bucks and came out with three great facilities,” Ludrof said. “Let’s move on and have a fourth great facility.”

Past proposals for the nursing home have included renovation, improving parts of the structure individually and building a new structure.