June 3rd, 1974

: for, adult safety patrols".

Moved by. Alderman Laksing:

Seconded by Alderman Mabbett: . . ae .
That the letter ‘from The Honourable Grahan R. Lea, Minister of “Highways,
May 27th, 1974, regarding adult safety patrols at - the Lougheed tghway—
Pipeline Road and Lougheed Highway-lastings Street intersections, be
received. Cee . : — ‘Carried.
Emergency Health _ “From the E Bnexgency. | Health Services Comission, May 28th, 1974, to.

Serv.Comm.re fund- ;
ing-ambu? ance agencies funding ambulance services, advising that the first function of

services : poe
the Commission will be to begin the process of funding the services that
exist currently in the Province, and that tt is quite improbable that in any”
general sense the total funding can be absorbed as of July lst; “however, at
is expected that during the course of a six month period ‘this conversion of
local or other sources of funding to Provincial funding will be completed.
The Commission advised that the primary purpose of its letter is to request
that the agencies currently involved, either wholly or in part, with: funding
these services avoid actions that assume “that their involvenent or “partici- -
‘pation will « cease ‘totally c on july Ist - . rather, that they continue to ‘the vem |
tent necessary to support the services in theix area in the manner that ‘they
have done. ‘traditionally, but as the progressive transfer of the funding from |
local: to ) Provincial responsibility eccurs, they then work with the Commission
to | ensure that this is an orderly transition. The Fire Chief advised the in-
formation he ‘received does not “indicate ‘clearly what is going to happen ‘In a
Port Coquitlam. Alderman Laking stated his concern that the caty' s 5 inhalator
service may become a full- ~time ambulance service, and he proposed ‘the follow
ing motion:

Moved ty Alderman Laking:

“Seconded by Alderman Keryluk:

That the Building & Protection Committee investigate as soon as possible
the ramifications of the Government's proposed funding of ambulance services”
and recommend to Council what action should be taken in that regard. Cartied.
Prier to passage of the foregoing resolution, a discussion ensued, and _
Alderman Keryluk stated his intérpretation of the letter to be that the City os
would be expected to carry on with its inhalator service in the traditional —
manner and that he did not think additional demands would be made on the Fire
‘Departnent._ The Fire Chief stated ‘his understanding of the letter to be. “that a
" anbulance services will ‘be provided to certain areas, and that he did not

know whether Port Coquitlam would be one of then. The Fire Chief pointed ¢ out

that the service 2 provided by the. city is ‘for emergencies only and that he