The health unit responsible for Lennox and Addington and Frontenac counties has approved an interim 14-million-dollar 2010 budget.
Municipalities will be asked to pay jsut over 5-million dollars of that amount, a two-percent increase over last year.
The province, however, will be expected to increase its payments by 7-percent which would cost it over 9- million dollars.
The Medical officer of Health, Doctor Ian Gemmill, told yesterday’s board meeting it’s necessary to keep up with the increasing demands on the unit and its staff. The budget must still be approved by municipal councils and the Ministry of health.
