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Sessão Ordinária 07/04/2026

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Councilor Fábio Neumann argues for reinstating a military police post to address rising insecurity in the Novo Esteio neighborhood.

1. The Câmara Municipal de Esteio holds Ordinary Session 07/04/2026, presided over by the session president, covering correspondence, executive legislation, information requests, motions, and a cultural plan presentation. 2. Councilors present include Amaral Negrito, Fábio Neumann, Eliezer Machado, Fernando Luz, Leo Dummer, Luciano Batistello, Welter, Dallem Oliveira, Dr. Cláudio Duzick, and Derli Cianza, along with cultural director Maikson Vidal as a special speaker. 3. The session's central governance question is accountability for a doctor who did not show up at Hospital São Camilo on Easter Saturday, April 4, 2026, leaving one doctor to manage 23 sick children, 10 in serious condition. 4. Councilor Amaral Negrito filed Information Request 37-2026, asking the Municipal Executive to explain the hospital's procedure when a professional abandons their station, what action will be taken with the absent doctor, and what channels citizens can use to report similar abuses. 5. Amaral Negrito personally went to São Camilo on Easter Saturday, speaking with the overwhelmed on-duty doctor and negotiating with director Sandra to bring in an early shift replacement, with the situation resolved by 8 p.m. 6. His stated resolution is that the contracting company should discount the absent doctor's shift and potentially bar her from future service in the city, stating 'não há motivo da médica ter faltado' after confirming no payment dispute existed. 7. Councilor Fábio Neumann's account added operational detail: a red-triage child arrived mid-crisis, requiring the sole doctor's exclusive attention for over an hour while green and yellow triage patients waited since 8 a.m. 8. Neumann also noted that approximately 30% of patients had come from Sapucaia do Sul because Hospital Getúlio Vargas's pediatrics unit was closed or severely limited that day, structurally compounding the staffing problem. 9. Information Request 36-2026 (Councilor Fábio Neumann) asked the municipal executive six questions about a planned digital consultation scheduling system transition, including which specialties are affected, the timeline of unavailability, and what mitigation measures will be taken. 10. Information Request 35-2026 (Councilor Leo Dummer) requested complete copies of hydrojetting and drainage cleaning contracts and asked whether the contracted companies subcontract any services. 11. Information Request 34-2026 (Councilor Fernando Luz) asked whether the municipality offers integrative complementary health practices (including yoga) in the public SUS network and whether trained professionals are available. 12. Requirement 67-2026 (Councilor Fábio Neumann) asked for the return of a Military Brigade advanced post at the entrance to Novo Esteio neighborhood, citing increased insecurity and referencing the in-progress BR-116 access viaduct construction (item 448) as additional justification. 13. Councilor Eliezer Machado's drainage accountability requirement (Requirement 70-2026) requested a formal meeting with the Public Works Secretariat, citing the council's use of drone photography and georeferencing to document infrastructure work quality. 14. Motion 28-2026, co-signed by Councilors Amaral Negrito and Cláudio Duzick, honored Carlos Roberto Pereira, a city hall employee of 38 years who currently works in reception and previously worked at the hospital — both councilors emphasized his example as a person with a disability in the workforce. 15. Councilor Cláudio Duzick explicitly challenged a recent federal government guidance card saying calling people with disabilities 'an example of overcoming' is ableism (capacitism), arguing from personal experience as a person with a disability that work dignity is not ableist. 16. Motion 29-2026, signed by all councilors, expressed condolences for the death of city hall employee Antônio Soares de Oliveira's father, Luiz Armando Silva de Oliveira, on March 31, 2026. 17. Cultural policies director Maikson Vidal presented the Municipal Culture Decennial Plan, describing a construction process that began in March 2025, included public meetings, council consultation, and ended with 4 months of legal review by the Municipal Legal Department (PGM) involving more than 20 memorandums. 18. Vidal argued that culture predates government, citing the 1988 Brazilian Constitution's establishment of culture as a civic right, and described the three structural pillars: the Culture Council (with representatives from music, theater, dance, capoeira, literature, and traditionalism), the Culture Fund, and the Decennial Plan. 19. The session format is a Portuguese-language Brazilian municipal council plenary, recorded for TV Web broadcast, with procedural voting on each item and open floor speeches by councilors. 20. Residents of Esteio or those interested in Brazilian municipal governance, health accountability, and local cultural policy will find the session's content directly relevant; general audiences will find the procedural format dense.

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