2% increase municipalities are being asked to pay this year is due to the Boards ''due diligence'' in reducing costs over the past few years while still meeting provincially-mandated programs.
Northumberland County's share is $2.013-million and Haliburton County's is about $405,000. The allocations are done on a population basis.
Article Summary:
• The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit board has supported increasing the 2017 budget to $16.2-million which is 2% over last year.
• And because the health unit no longer has its own director of oral health, and must consult that expertise, there is both a new cost of $24,000 and lost consulting fees from the Peterborough Public Health of $30,000, board members heard.
• While the health unit board is not expecting it, it has asked the Ministry of Health to increase its base funding by 2% for 2017.
By Valerie MacDonald , Northumberland Today Monday, February 20, 2017 8:11:26 EST PM Change text size for the story Print Report an error The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit board has supported increasing the 2017 budget to $16.2-million which is 2% over last year. That same percentage increase will be passed onto the member municipalities which include Northumberland, Haliburton and City of Kawartha Lakes – and their taxpayers. Roughly $4-million will be paid by the three municipal health unit partners. The lion's share of funding is from the Ontario government, which mandates the health programs that must be...
2% increase municipalities are being asked to pay this year is due to the Boards ''due diligence'' in reducing costs over the past few years while still meeting provincially-mandated programs.
Northumberland County's share is $2.013-million and Haliburton County's is about $405,000. The allocations are done on a population basis.
Article Summary:
• The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit board has supported increasing the 2017 budget to $16.2-million which is 2% over last year.
• And because the health unit no longer has its own director of oral health, and must consult that expertise, there is both a new cost of $24,000 and lost consulting fees from the Peterborough Public Health of $30,000, board members heard.
• While the health unit board is not expecting it, it has asked the Ministry of Health to increase its base funding by 2% for 2017.