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MUNICIPAL matters
Stop health care bickering BY DAVE AUGUSTYN Mayor of Pelham On November 27, I spoke to the Chamber of Commerce about the recent progress we’ve made in the Town and about the exciting improvements that will occur in Pelham over the next couple of years. I also discussed health care in Niagara – especially in Southern Niagara. Those that oppose the construction of a new hospital for the Southern part of Niagara say that their community needs to maintain their local health care services. I agreed that communities need more local health care options and services; that’s why Pelham Town Council recently petitioned the Province to designate one of the future Urgent Care Centres The Town of Pelham Informational Column • Women’s Learn to Play Hockey / Shinny Session 2 - Thursdays, Jan 10, 2013 thru March 28 2013 Learn to Play 9:30 – 10:30 am Shinny 10:30 – 11:30 am Full equipment is required. Session rate LTP/Shinny - $100.00/$66.00, Drop in rate $10.00/$5.50 For more information contact Julie Cook at 905-892-2607, ext. 329 • Men’s Shinny Hockey $5.50 per drop in Tuesday Dec 18 8 – 9 am Friday Dec 14 8:30 – 10 am • Public Skating Friday Dec 14 8 – 9:30 pm Sunday Dec 16 1- 2:20 pm Tuesday Dec 18 7:30 - 8:30 pm •Parent/ Preschool Skate Friday Dec 14 10 - 11 am Tuesday Dec 18 1 - 2 pm. • Adult Skate Thursday Dec 13 1 - 2 pm GENERAL INFORMATION
(UCCs) in Pelham. And that’s why Council also directed staff to work with a couple of doctors who are assembling new family health teams and facilities in both Fonthill and Fenwick. But, providing local health care options and services in 2012 shouldn’t mean we continue to follow a 1950s model of “a hospital for every community.” That now-outdated-model lead to the construction and relocation of hospitals across Southern Niagara in the 1930s and the 1950s. (Douglas Memorial was constructed in 1931; Port Colborne was constructed in 1951; GNGH was relocated in 1958; and Welland was relocated in 1960.) You can have day surgery for something today that would have kept you in the hospital for weeks in the 1950s. And, the hundreds of procedures that are routine • Overnight ParkingPlease be reminded By-Law No. 892000 as amended by By-Law #2654(2005) prohibits parking on all roads and streets in the Town of Pelham, except Church Hill from 2 am to 6 am from November 1 to March 31. • Town of Pelham – SNOW ANGEL PROGRAM The Town of Pelham in partnership with Pelham Cares Inc. offers a volunteer snow/ice removal service for persons within the Town of Pelham urban areas living with physical disabilities who are incapable of carrying out sidewalk snow/ice removal at their place of residence. Application forms for residents and volunteers are available on the Town’s website at www.pelham.ca or at Town Hall. Please call 905-892-2607 extension 332 for additional information. Town of Pelham e-mail address: clerks@pelham.ca Visit our Web site at www.pelham.ca
today, weren’t even imagined then – two-and-a-half generations ago. Our health care facilities and system needs to adapt to the new reality of health care, and so does our thinking. Other parts of Ontario have caught on. They realize that funding for new hospital facilities from the Province is scarce. Dr. Smith, Niagara Health System Supervisor, and Minister Matthews, Minister of Health & Long-Term Care, have said this repeatedly in Niagara this fall. At the same time, changes to health care are not stopping. A new Northern-Niagara health care facility will be opening on March 24, 2013. The movement of services across the NHS has meant that the new Northernhospital is much more than a local St. Catharines / Thorold / Niagara-on-the-Lake Hospital
as was first anticipated. This “clinical reconfiguration” and trends to “community-based health services” continue to occur regardless of South Niagara’s location debate. So how should we react? Should we curse the change, or embrace the opportunity? During my speech, I encouraged the Chamber and individuals to embrace Dr. Smith’s plan and work toward “…a new era focused on creating a sustainable, high quality health system” for all of Niagara. I believe that we owe it to future generations to stop the healthcare bickering in the South, to embrace the opportunities, and to move forward. You may contact Mayor Dave at mayordave@pelham.ca or read past columns at www. pelhammayordave.blogspot.com.
The Corporation of the
TOWN OF PELHAM REQUEST FOR QUOTATION Project No. 2012-38 Telecommunication Solution PROPOSAL DOCUMENTS: Specifications and submission requirements may be obtained from the Town of Pelham Web Site at www.pelham.ca/ business/tenders, the Biddingo Website at www. biddingo.com or from the Corporate Services Department at the Pelham Municipal Building, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario during regular business hours. The purpose of the RFQ call is to obtain recommendation quotations for a Telecommunication Solution for the Town of Pelham. ADDRESS: Sealed proposals, properly marked as to contents, will be received by Mrs. Mara Bray, Purchasing Coordinator, P.O. Box 400, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill, Ontario, L0S 1E0. CLOSING TIME: Sealed proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m. local time on January 10, 2013 The lowest OR any submission not necessarily accepted.
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TOWN OF PELHAM Board Committee Appointment Notice Council of the Town of Pelham will be making an appointment to the Board set out below. Interested citizens are invited to obtain an application form either from the Clerk’s Department, Town of Pelham Municipal Building, 20 Pelham Town Square, Fonthill during regular office hours (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), or from the Town of Pelham website www.pelham.ca. All completed application forms must be submitted to the Town Clerk on or before Wednesday, January 16th, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. Appointments will be made to the following: Board / Committee Number of Date of Members Term Required Completion Town of Pelham Public Library Board
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November 30, 2014
All individuals appointed will be required to sign the Town of Pelham Code of Conduct for Appointees to Boards and Committees, Policy Council 27 as a condition of appointment.
For further information, please contact: NANCY J. BOZZATO, Dipl.M.M., AMCT Town Clerk Town of Pelham 20 Pelham Town Square Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0 905-892-2607 ext. 315 njbozzato@pelham.ca