15. NOTICES OF MOTION

The Council meeting recesses at 1:53 o’clock p.m.

The Council meeting resumes at 2:02 o’clock p.m.

Ken Lewenza Sr.

Ken Lewenza Sr. appears before Council to provide comment regarding the request to support construction of a new regional acute care hospital on the land purchased by Windsor Regional Hospital and to ask the Government of Ontario to prioritize funding to move this project forward, stating that a new hospital is desperately needed for both the City and the County and that the proposed location is ideal.

Gary McNamara, Warden of the County of Essex

Gary McNamara, Warden of the County of Essex, appears before Council to provide comment regarding the request to support construction of a new regional acute care hospital on the land purchased by Windsor Regional Hospital and to ask the Government of Ontario to prioritize funding to move this project forward, stating that this new hospital is needed for the region and would be accessible to everyone and concludes by reiterating that the region needs and deserves a state of the art hospital as soon as possible.

Howard Weeks, Resident

Howard Weeks, resident, appears before Council to provide comment regarding the request to support construction of a new regional acute care hospital on the land purchased by Windsor Regional Hospital and to ask the Government of Ontario to prioritize funding to move this project forward, stating that approval of such a motion would simply show that the community is deeply divided on the issue, and suggests that a an open and public commission be appointed to look at the issue and to create a unified front in terms of consensus as to where a hospital should be built, and perhaps put the question on a referendum ballot.