Funds allocated to protect the St. Lawrence River

Cholly Boland has been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer of Winchester District Memorial Hospital (WDMH).

“On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce our new Chief Executive Officer. His appointment is effective September 6, 2011,” noted John Polak, Board Chair. “Cholly brings a wealth of expertise to this position and will play an integral role in advancing WDMH’s vision to create a Centre of Excellence for Rural Health and Education.”

Cholly has been a dedicated and talented leader in the health care field for close to 20 years. Most recently, he was CEO of Headwaters Health Care Centre, and prior to that, he was CEO of Arnprior and District Memorial Hospital where he was instrumental in helping Arnprior achieve one of the top patient satisfaction results for Ontario. Cholly has demonstrated leadership in the strategic and operational administration of health care organizations, including experience with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. He has held a number of health care management roles during his career, serving as CEO at Kitimat and Area Health Council/Kitimat General Hospital in British Columbia, the Community Care Access Centre Timiskaming and Health Services Administrator for the Northern Health Authority.

Cholly is a Fellow of the American College of Health Executives and earned his Certified Health Executive designation from the Canadian College of Health Service Executives in 2002. He received a Master of Business Administration in 2000 and a Master of Health Administration in 1992 from the University of Ottawa. He graduated from Queen’s University in 1984 with a Bachelor’s degree in Science and Engineering. He is married with two children. They will be relocating from the Orangeville area.

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One of the big discussions at the July 17 South Dundas council meeting was whether or not to cover the upgraded Iroquois waste water treatment plant (IWWTP).

The decision to cover the plant seemed easy, while deciding what to cover it with created a bit more discussion.

With almost one million dollars left in the IWWTP project, covering the tanks became an option and the benefits of covering the tanks were outlined. 

Benefits include such things as odour control, protection of tanks from the weather, easier and safer access to tanks by operators, and aesthetics.

While it was agreed that an actual building would be the most aesthetically  pleasing, it was also the most expensive option up front and in terms of ongoing costs.

Out of six options listed, council agreed on option two, the Fibre Reinforced Plastic SBR ‘walk in type’ Cover. This option costs approximately half of what it would cost to erect an actual concrete building, but still allows for all the benefits of a building.

In making the decision, mayor Steven Byvelds reminded council that they had to take into account what the people of Iroquois would most want: an expensive building covering the waste water treatment plant or sewer work to be done on the Iroquois streets identified as low priority in the recent sewer study.

It was generally agreed that part of the money should be spent protecting the new tanks and part should be kept back for use on the rehabilitation of the sewer system in Iroquois.

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