KENORA DISTRICT MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION

SUBJECT:  TWOMO Funding for Kenora District Home for the Aged

SUBMITTED BY: City of Kenora

YEAR: 2024
BACKGROUND: 
There are about five district homes in the province and the municipalities in the district contribute proportionately to the costs of operating one or more homes within their respective district.
There needs to be regional variation in the Provincial Land Tax (PLT) to have flexibility and to make funds available for publicly funded homes in the area. There currently is no mechanism to direct specific supports for tax dollars from unorganized territory to the unique needs of their unincorporated area. However, long-term care is not unique to one specific jurisdiction. That need is as simple as the support for other essential services such as public health and social services.
Unincorporated Territories (Territories Without Municipal Organization, or TWOMO) within the District of Kenora, pay for Integrated Social Services, including Community Housing, Early Years Services, Employment and Financial Support Services, Social Housing, Emergency Medical Services Land Ambulance and Community Paramedicine Services, but NOT for District Home for the Aged.
RECOMMENDATION:
The province needs to change this policy to include TWOMO in the funding support for the Home for the Aged which would reduce the support required by the City of Kenora, and other northern municipalities.
The City of Kenora respectfully requests province to change policy for provincial land tax revenues and include TWOMO in the funding support for the Home for the Aged which would reduce the support required by the City of Kenora, and other District of Kenora municipalities.

NOW THEREFORE MAY IT BE RESOLVED THAT the Kenora District Municipal Association requests the province to change policy for provincial land tax revenues and include TWOMO in the funding support for the Home for the Aged which would reduce the support required by District of Kenora municipalities.

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