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TO: Mayor and Council September 27, 1974.

FROM: L.D. Pollock

Re: Coquitlam and District Hospital Budget Short-fall

The Council will recall that in January of this year we dealt with a request
from the Coquitlam and District Hospital Society to provide a share of an ,
estimated $3,000.00 short—fall in their operating budget for 1974. -At that
time.we approved a contribution based on sharing with Port Moody, Coquitlam and

‘Electoral Area B, the other component areas however did not approve their share
of costs.:: «.

Since that time the matter has been refer-ed to the Minister of Health and
the G.V.R.D. and both of these sources have declined to assist in meeting this
budget short~fall. The Hospital Society are therefore in a position where they
will be unable to meet their administrative costs without some ‘other source of —
revenue.

Mayor Campbell has asked that council give the matter further consideration.
‘with a view to assisting the Society. If council agrees to assist we could make
a further approach to Coquitlam and Port Moody to try and obtain cost sharing.