Creemore Medical Centre in hands of township staff

Clearview council is sticking to its guns on the issue of dissolving the Creemore Medical Centre Service Board.

Deputy Mayor Barry Burton tabled a request Dec. 11, on behalf of the board, so it could remain intact for another year, until the end of the current term of council, so it can continue its work to find tenants for the building.

“The Creemore Medical Centre Board has been very involved in ongoing operation of the Medical Centre. The chair of the board was instrumental in her influence with the ROMP (Rural Ontario Medical Program) in convincing them that an additional doctor was required in the Creemore area. Her involvement and the efforts of both the resident doctors and Clearview staff have made a new doctor to Creemore a reality,” reported Burton.

The board will be dissolved as of Jan.1, along with several others, by decision of council made in the summer to reduce the need for legislative requirements around volunteer committee members.

Burton’s motion to extend the board’s term failed because only Councillor Connie Leishman supported it.

“We need to move on and let this go,” said Mayor Christopher Vanderkruys.

It was reported that the mayor and staff had resolved the leases and that Terry Vachon, general manager of parks, culture and recreation, would be looking after the medical centre from now on.