. January 28th, 1974

“That as recommended ina report from the Health Committee, January

“2th, 1974, payment of the actual excess cost incurred by the Coquitlam &

| District Hospital society in. the planning stage of the hospital pregram- for

as the basis of cost-sharing.

the year 1974, provided that the total to be paid ‘by the municipalities in-

volved does not exceed 33,000.00, be approved ;

: AND THAT for. ease of calculation hospital assessments in 1974 be used
| Carried.
Prior to passage of the foregoing resolution, Mrs. Monica Angus, wha

Was . present in the public gallery, presented a short history of the need for

the funds and stated that the basic difficulty arose in that the Society had

- no operating budget a as yet and was therefore unable to transfer funds from

_ one area to another as was the Custom in established hospitals. Mayor

Campbell stated that a possibility existed that the Greater Vancouver Regional

Hospital District would agree to bear the $3,000.00 per year deficit forecast

_and he stated that he would be bringing this matter to the attention of the

Health Comm.re

Mosquito control ;
_ from the Greater Vancouver Regional District, December 7th, 1973 regarding ~

as a Regional
Dist. function ©

Hospital Board.

From the Health Committee, January 24th, 1974, concerning a. letter

_ the undertaking. of mosquito control 4s a function of the District, that was

referred to. the Conmittee for consideration, and advising that having dis-
cussed the implications of changing from the. present program under the Fraser
Valley Mosquito Control Board to Regional District control, the Committee

recommends, in view of the legal complications pointed out in a letter from

_ the Mosquito Control Board, participation ona Regional basis. The Committee,

in its report, mentioned that with regard to the sharing of costs in the

“Letters Patent, the wording proposed is that distribution be "on-a per cap-

. ita basis or by such other method as approved by the participating municip-

alities and the Department of Municipal Affairs", which is sufficiently
broad to allow further. negotiations on this point.

Moved by Alderman Trahoulay:

Seconded by Alderman Thompson: |

‘That as recommended in a-report from the Health Committee, January

24th, 1974, the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the City of Port

Coquitiam “approve. ‘participation in the function of. mosquito control with the

Greater: Vancouver Regional District; provided that the cost to the: City does_

not exceed the cost of: the service provided last year by the Fraser Valley

Mosquito Control Board;

AND THAT the wording proposed for the Letters Patent as contained in