Health unit budget will increase by four percent
Photo by Dan Jones, Northumberland 89.7 FM News, LJI
By Cecilia Nasmith, Northumberland 89.7 FM News
Northumberland County
Wednesday's meeting of the newly amalgamated health unit included approval of the 2025 budget, which should result in a 4% increase for Northumberland funding partners.
The news came in a report from the Haliburton Kawartha Northumberland Peterborough Board of Health following this week's meeting of the newly amalgamated body.
Under the Cost Share Budget heading, the board of health approved a budget that will see a $1.23 per capita increase to each local funding partner over the 2024 contributions. For the former Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, this is a 4% increase to local funders (and a 5.6% increase to funders of the former Peterborough Public Health).
The board also recommended offering live streaming and summary notes of regular meetings moving forward. Meetings will be live-streamed to YouTube, and meetings will be summarized and shared with the community, community partners and media partners afterwards.
The next meeting will take place March 20 at 1 p.m. You can view the meeting summary, agenda and package at the HKPR website.
