Closed Special

That: Council does now go into Closed Session at 5:06 p.m. to discuss the following: Pursuant to Section 239 (2) (i) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - A trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization Re: Health Care Services Proposal (

That: Council does now rise and reconvene from Closed Session at 5:57 p.m. with report, as follows: Whereas in consultation with the Community Health Care Services Coordinator, members of Council understand that as many as 11,000 residents in Fort Erie do not have a family practitioner and there is the possibility of a further gap with pending physician retirements, and Whereas the Town of Fort Erie has been approached by proponents to establish a Primary Care Clinic within the municipality, and Whereas the Town of Fort Erie is committed to recruiting and retaining quality physicians for the community and actively seeking family physicians to join the existing medical community; Now therefore be it resolved: That: Council authorizes the entry into an Agreement with Urgent Care Niagara – Niagara Falls Inc., to facilitate a financial partnership, and further That: Council directs that the draft by-law with the agreement attached thereto, reviewed in Closed Session, be included in the December 10, 2018 Regular Council By-law package as By-law No. 152-2018 and the Confirmatory By-law be renumbered accordingly. (

That: Council adjourns at 5:59 p.m. to reconvene into a Council-in- Committee Meeting. (