ORMC MCC Business Plan ORMC_MCC_Business_Plan_032319 | Page 3

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
From 2008 to 2016, twelve municipalities supported the
operations of the Onoway Medical Clinic by providing an annual
$76,000 cash subsidy to the clinic’s operator. Concerns about
the sustainability of a permanent and growing subsidy led these
municipal partners to consider alternative funding structures. A
business case was developed that suggested the Clinic could be
operated for profit without a municipal subsidy, and in January
2017, six municipal partners (the Town of Onoway; Lac Ste.
Anne County; and the Summer Villages of Ross Haven, West
Cove, Silver Sands and Val Quentin) assumed operations of the
Onoway Regional Medical Clinic (ORMC).
The initial commitment was for a two-year trial to prove a
business case for a medical clinic in Onoway operated without
subsidy. The results of this trial have been nothing short of remarkable. At the end of the two-year mark, ORMC was
operating with a small profit, which was reinvested into the facility. The clinic exceeded revenue projections by 11% in
2017 and 15% in 2018.
With the viability of a medical clinic in Onoway proven, it is now time to initiate the process of incorporating ORMC as
a Municipally Controlled Corporation (MCC). An MCC is a For-Profit Corporation established to provide services and
benefits to residents of the municipality, where a municipality holds the majority control of appointing directors. The
shareholders of the ORMC MCC will be the municipal partners that undertook the ORMC initiative in 2017 and will
operate under an agreement with similar terms to that of the original pre-incorporation agreement signed by the
parties. As an MCC, the ORMC will be better able to deliver on its mission to provide access to a growing variety of
medical services within the local community in a financially sustainable way, free of the burden of subsidy from local
governments. Providing local families with a place to grow healthy and strong and providing the services required for our
elders to age within the communities they built.
An expanded medical facility provided by Lac Ste. Anne County’s Legacy Municipal Land Corporation will allow the clinic
to increase the medical services available to our residents. The ORMC MCC success will be measured by the growing
variety of medical services available in the area and seniors are able to age in place as needed medical services are
available locally.
Municipally Controlled Corporation Business Plan
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