ORDINANCE
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to adopt Ordinance #500-005 (rev. 1) An Ordinance Rescinding "An Ordinance Establishing a Nursing Service Board " as contained in the draft dated July 31, 2023.
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Background:
The Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Budget did not provide funding to support the Ledyard Visiting Nurses Association (LVNA).
For the past decade the Ledyard Visiting Nurses Association (LVNA) was not sustaining their operational costs, as large healthcare organizations began to dominate the home healthcare market.
This shortfall in LVNA revenues had fallen to the taxpayers, with the hope that this revenue slide would reverse itself, to no avail.
As all our residents budgets and our municipal budgets were being impacted by the inflationary environment, it was imperative that the town evaluate expense in an effort to continue to mitigate the tax burden to our residents.
On June 30, 2023, after 75 years of service to our community the Ledyard Visiting Nurses Association (LVNA) closed its doors.
The Nursing Board has provided oversight of the Ledyard Visiting Nurses Association (LVNA) and was established by Ordinance 500-005 "An Ordinance Establishing a Nursing Board of the Town of Ledyard". With the Mayor's letters to the Nursing Board thanking them for their service and disbanding the Board, canceling the ordinance was an required Administrative action to remove the Ordinance from its governing documents.
Proposed Ordinance:
DRAFT: 7/31/2023 Ordinance #500-005 (rev. 1)
AN ORDINANCE RESCINDING
"AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NURSING BOARD
FOR THE TOWN OF LEDYARD"
Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Ledyard:
Section 1: Statement
The Ordinance # 500-005 entitled "An Ordinance Establishing a Nursing Service Board" amended and adopted by the Town Council on September 25, 2019 is hereby rescinded.
Adopted by the Ledyard Town Council on :___________________
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