Stan Austin wrote:I think this request should go to the top of next meeting's agenda
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Stan Austin wrote:I think this request should go to the top of next meeting's agenda
Nadhal Eadeh wrote:Mr. Kindt,
1. Thank you for sharing your letter. It’s a no brainer to begin pushing for the re-establishment of a public health department.
2. If there is a phase 4 of a federal stimulus package that is targeted towards infrastructure, Lakewood’s government should push its congressional representatives to fund shovel ready projects and a new hospital. I never understood why any member of council thought it was a good idea to replace 1,500 jobs with service-sector/retail employment.
3. “Spending on hospital care is expected to rise by 5.9% per year in 2021-23 and then by 6.0% per year in 2024-28”.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publicheal ... care/85601
4. Retail on the other hand, will experience significant declines.
5. Fitzgerald/Summers pushed a morally corrupt and economically bankrupt vision of Lakewood that was not subject to the economic realities of A. Cuyahoga County population decline and
B.Over-leveraged retail spaces in NE Ohio meant that even if Lakewood pursued the Carnegie deal, there was little chance the development would have succeeded.
6. Lakewood’s strength was always its embrace of small business and community. Good public schools, great parks, safe and walkable neighborhoods and a hospital if you got sick.
7. Lakewood needs a public health department and a hospital.
Nadhal
Mark Kindt wrote:A Thank You and Some Comments
Thank You
First, I want to thank the Mayor, the President of Council, and those Council Members that responded to my letter to them (posted above). I am sure that each of them truly understands the crisis situation that we all face. I thank them for their leadership during these difficult times.
Some Comments
The City of Lakewood has an annual contract with the Cuyahoga County Health Department that costs the City about $250,000. Frankly, this is enough money to begin to re-establish a Department of Health for Lakewood, especially considering that there will be significant State and Federal funding available for the Covid-19 Response effort.
It was pointed out to me that Parma does not have a municipal health department and relies upon the County like Lakewood does. If I was a citizen of Parma I would be pressing for a new Health Department there.
The major difference between Parma and Lakewood in the age of the Covid-19 Pandemic is that Parma has three hospitals; Lakewood has none.
Mark Kindt wrote:A Thank You and Some Comments
Thank You
First, I want to thank the Mayor, the President of Council, and those Council Members that responded to my letter to them (posted above). I am sure that each of them truly understands the crisis situation that we all face. I thank them for their leadership during these difficult times.
Some Comments
The City of Lakewood has an annual contract with the Cuyahoga County Health Department that costs the City about $250,000. Frankly, this is enough money to begin to re-establish a Department of Health for Lakewood, especially considering that there will be significant State and Federal funding available for the Covid-19 Response effort.
Mark Kindt wrote:Mark Kindt wrote:
The City of Lakewood has an annual contract with the Cuyahoga County Health Department that costs the City about $250,000. Frankly, this is enough money to begin to re-establish a Department of Health for Lakewood, especially considering that there will be significant State and Federal funding available for the Covid-19 Response effort.
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