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Goderich hbudgetagiproves �
8 million for .86-87
is $229,170., reported Stan Connelly, chair- requested the staff prepare a report for
man of the committee. The committee also consideration at the next meeting of the
received updated figures for providing air property committee with regards to the
conditioning for the area as well as the 1st long term needs for building renovations
East wing. and updating, reported Connelly.
This led to discussion regarding long Hospital administrator Ken Engelstad
term needs for updating the building which reported Joy Daymond, formerly the co -
included the following areas of concern, ordinator of the Wingham Community
2nd East renovations, air conditioning of Psychiatric Service has been appointed co -
2nd East and 1st East wings, replacement ordinator of the new Commu.iity
of windows and brickwork on south ex- -Psychiatric Service soon to open in
posure, repair of roof on the 1957 building Goderich. Maureen Thomas has been
and the need for more $forage space. hired to fill the position of co-ordinator of
The committee felt these areas of need the Wingham serviee. These appointment s
should not be considered in isolation and were effective April 21.
BY SHARON DIETZ
The Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital board approved an $8 million
budget for the fiscal year 1986-87 at an in
'camera session during its April 28
meeting.
• The hospital has budgeted $8,217,001 for
gross expenditures, an increase of five per
cent over last year's budget of $7,828,000.
The hospital has already been promised a
four per cent increase in its funding by the
Ontario Ministry of Health and pay scales
for all employees except- the services
;employees and the registered nurses have
peen set.
Board members learned earlier in the
;meeting that the'hospital appears to have
finished 1985-86 with an estimated surplus
'nf $396,454. though the exact figures will
,not be confimed until after the audit has
;been completed next month. The hospital,
is permitted to retain its surplus as part of
;the BOND (business oriented new develop -
Ment ) program introduced by the health
ministry several years ago. Prior to the in-
troduction of this program, any surplus
money was returned to the ministry at the
end of the fiscal year which did not en-
courage hospitals to operate with a
surplus.
Hydro plans
power interruption
Ontario Hydro is planning a power inter-
ruption to about 1000 customers in the Port
Albert and Auburn area on Sunday, May 11
from midnight to 5 a.m. The power cut is
necessary to allow Hydro crews to change
insulators at the Goderich transformer
station.
Recent studies indicate that the in-
sulators at Goderich Transformer Station
on Highway 8 have deteriorated to such an
extent they could fail at any time. Should
this happen, the result would be an exten-
sive power cut of several hours duration, to
8500 customers supplied from Groderich
transformer station. This would include
the towns of Goderich, Bayfield and Clin-
ton as well as rural customers in the sur-
rounding area.
A five-hour interruption must be taken
so the Hydro line°crews can work safely on
de -activated equipment at the transformer
station.
"Careful planning of the insulator
replacement project means that power
will be interrupted at a time that will in-
convenience as few customers as possi-
ble," says Clinton area manager, Gord
Yohn. '`During the interruption, Hydro
operators will re-route power to keep on
the majority of customers fed from
Goderich transformer station".
About 1000 customers will be affected by
the interruption in East and West
Wawanosh, Ashfield, Colborne and part of
Hullett townships. As well, the Domtar
Inc. Salt Mine inGoderich and the W.G.
Thompson Feed'Mill near Port Albert will
be without electricity during the replace-
ment work.
If bad weather forces cancellation of this
essential work . on May • 11, it will be
rescheduled for May 25 from midnight to 5
a.m.
Transition house
Of the anticipated gross revenue of
$8,523,838., approximately 86.7 per cent
comes directly from the Ministry of Health
to cover operating costs. The other com-
ponents include interest on investments,
private room differential fees and other
revenues.
The hospital budget also includes fun-
ding for the community outreach
psychiatric programs in Goderich and
Clinton and the operation of the ambulance
service which are funded by separate
grants as well as the inpatient psychiatric
program and the Wingham community
psychiatric program which are funded
through the hospital's global budget.
The hospital board's property commit-
tee is reviewing capital projects and pro-
posed capital equipment purchases. While
capital expenditures are estimated in the
budget, they will not be determined until
the board approves the capital projects
and capital equipment purchases for the
coming year. These are to be reviewed by
the property committee at their May
meeting.
At its April meeting, the property com-
mittee reviewed a proposal from Tillman
and Ruth regarding the renovations to the
2nd East Wing. The budgeted contract cost
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"Volunteers are wonderful at the
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lir ✓, staff was hired with the promise of
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