Property Tax to Fund Health Capital

WHEREAS the burden of hospital districts funding 40 of health capital projects and equipment is becoming more onerous as costs and demand increase; AND WHEREAS local governments are limited to property tax as the method for raising health capital funds, resulting in a loss of room for funding standard local government services such as water, sewer, roads and other infrastructure, the cost of which is also increasing: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the provincial government be requested to examine the current method of funding health capital projects and equipment with the intent of reducing the impact on property taxes.