Councillor Genge declared an interest in Item No. 9.1.d as she acts as Treasurer on the Health Georgina Board; Councillor Genge did not participate in any discussion or vote on this matter.
Steve Jacobson, Chair of Health Georgina, along with Daryl Urqhart, Vice-Chair of Health Georgina, advised that Health Georgina is a federally-charged, not-for-profit, self-financed, volunteer-run organization dedicated to ensuring easy access to medical professionals, mental care and wellness providers; it's goals include bringing more doctors to Georgina and balancing primary care delivery to all wards.
Mr. Jacobson requested that the Town of Georgina establish a reserve fund as a pilot project in the amount of $40,000 annually for the next five years as a recruitment incentive to recruit two additional doctors, and to create a reserve fund in the amount of $100,000 annually over the next ten years in support of the future vision to work with Markham-Stouffville Hospital, Oak Valley Health Hub and Southlake Regional Health Centre to help develop and execute a plan for the building of a Georgina Health Hub centrally in Georgina to provide urgent care and ambulatory services to our residents and help to alleviate the pressures Georgina residents place upon these surrounding health centres.