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Wasaga councillors begin 2021 budget discussions

Sep 30, 2021 , , , , by shlf

Wasaga Beach councillors have taken their first tentative steps into the debate on how to spend the taxpayers’ money in 2021.

At their Oct. 1 committee of the whole session, councillors received their first draft of the 2021 municipal budget.

In its first round, municipal staff estimate a tax rate increase of 3.6 per cent, which would equate to an increase on the municipal portion of the tax bill of $5.89 per month on a residential property assessed at $350,000.

Councillors will have a chance to dive deeper into the numbers on Oct. 22. The second draft is expected Nov. 12, in a meeting that will include a presentation and public meeting on the schedule for rates and fees.

A third draft, if necessary, would be reviewed by council on Dec. 3, with a public meeting on the municipality’s 2021 spending plans on Dec. 15.

It’s expected the 2021 budget would be approved by council on Dec. 22.

Spending in operations and on capital would increase by nearly $20 million over last year, to $94.4 million. A significant portion of the $52.5 million of the 2021 capital budget — about $23.6 million — would be dedicated to the start of construction of the new twin pad arena and library project, slated to be built on a River Road West site.

Another nearly $14 million would be spent on water, wastewater, and stormwater improvements, and $8.4 million on roads and bridges.

Treasurer Jocelyn Lee said there were several factors driving the increase in the $41.9-million operating budget, including staff benefits, cost-of-living increases, and wages increases, as a result of staff moving up the salary grid.

The numbers do not include any new hires. Lee said staff would be laying out its hiring plans for 2021 to council at a future meeting.

Other items in the first draft of the budget include $1.5 million for a possible partnership with the Simcoe County District School Board on the proposed elementary school in the Sunnidale Trails project; $40,000 for an affordable-housing strategy; and $2.3 million for new and replacement vehicles.

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Georgian Bay General Hospital reporting 19 cases of COVID-19

Sep 2, 2021 , , , , by shlf

The COVID-19 outbreak at Midland’s Georgian Bay General Hospital now includes 19 positive cases.

On Dec. 8, hospital officials announced an additional three staff members and one patient had tested positive for the virus, bringing the total at GBGH to 16 staff members and three patients.

Hospital staff, in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, have been conducting extensive contact tracing. If someone received care at GBGH between Nov. 23 and Dec. 4 and were in contact with a patient or staff member who has tested positive for COVID-19, their names have been identified through contact tracing and they’ve been contacted.

GBGH continues to test staff to identify any positive cases. All inpatients have been tested and all new patient admissions to the hospital are being tested.

“Over the past four days, the hospital has tested more than 520 credentialed staff,” said Dr. Dan Lee, COVID medical lead and chief of Emergency Medicine at GBGH. “As more testing tends to net more positive results, we do expect the potential to see an increase in positives, similar to when testing increases in the community and more positive cases are detected.”

The Midland COVID-19 Assessment Centre has also seen an increase in positive cases, with four new confirmed community cases reported on Dec. 7 and another four reported on Dec. 8. These eight cases are not related to the outbreak at GBGH. 

Anyone in the community experiencing symptoms should seek COVID-19 testing at the Midland COVID-19 Assessment Centre, located in the GBGH parking lot, by or by calling .