Reward frontliners

Dear Editor:

RE: Wellington County records surplus of $7 million on budget for 2020, May 13.

It’s commendable that Wellington County officials decided to pay off debts with most of the windfall to this year’s budget.

These funds flowed from federal and provincial coffers in the early days of the pandemic because, quite frankly, no one knew how things would go and the funds were there to try to ensure a state of “keep calm and carry on.” And carry on we did with lockdowns, social distancing and sacrifices by everyone.

But without the efforts of our public health system, frontline workers and medical staff, we would never have made it through.

So I suggest some form of monetary recognition for these folks from these funds - from paramedics, to nurses and doctors, to those testing and vaccinating us, to hospital orderlies - to say thank you, we would never have made it through without you.

To me, that would be the right use of those funds.

Lynn Johnston, Fergus