Minutes - February 18, 2021 - Board of Health Meeting

Members Present: 

Ms. Maureen Cassidy (Chair)
Ms. Aina DeViet (Vice-Chair)
Mr. Matt Reid
Mr. John Brennan
Ms. Arielle Kayabaga
Mr. Bob Parker
Ms. Kelly Elliott
Mr. Mike Steele
Mr. Aaron O’Donnell

Regrets:

Ms. Tino Kasi

Others Present:

Dr. Christopher Mackie, Medical Officer of Health (Secretary-Treasurer)
Ms. Stephanie Egelton, Executive Assistant to the Board of Health and Communications Coordinator (Recorder)
Dr. Alexander Summers, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Ms. Emily Williams, Director, Healthy Organization
Mr. Dan Flaherty, Manager, Communications
Ms. Heather Lokko, Director, Healthy Start/Chief Nursing Officer
Mr. Alex Tyml, Online Communications Coordinator
Mr. Stephen Turner, Director, Environmental Health and Infectious Disease
Dr. Michael Clarke, Interim CEO
Ms. Maureen MacCormick, Director, Healthy Living
Mr. Joe Belancic, Manager, Procurement and Operations
Mr. Mirek Pawelec, Manager, Finance

Chair Maureen Cassidy called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

Chair Cassidy inquired if there were any disclosures of conflicts of interest. None were declared.

Approval of Agenda

It was moved by Ms. Aina DeViet, seconded by Mr. Aaron O’Donnell, that the AGENDA for the February 18, 2021 Board of Health meeting be approved.
Carried

Minutes

It was moved by Mr. Bob Parker, seconded by Ms. Kayabaga, that the MINUTES of the January 21, 2021 Board of Health meeting be approved.
Carried

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Kayabaga, that the MINUTES of the January 27, 2021 Special Governance Committee meeting be received.
Carried

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Kayabaga, that the MINUTES of the January 28, 2021 Special Governance Committee meeting be received.
Carried

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Kayabaga, that the MINUTES of the February 4, 2021 Finance and Facilities Committee meeting be received.
Carried

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Kayabaga, that the MINUTES of the February 11, 2021 Finance and Facilities Committee meeting be received.
Carried

Reports and Agenda Items

Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting Summary (Report No. 09-21)

Mr. Matt Reid, Chair of the Finance and Facilities Committee presented the meeting summary from February 4 and February 11, 2021.

It was moved by Mr. Matt Reid, seconded by Ms. Kelly Elliott, that the Board of Health approve Report No. 01-21FFC re: “Finance & Facilities Committee – Terms of Reference and 2021 Reporting Calendar.”
Carried

It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. Elliott, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 02-21FFC: “Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) Services Contract Extension” for information.
Carried
It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. Elliott, that the Board of Health:
1) Receive Report No.03-21FFC re: “FoodNet Canada Ontario Sentinel Site Update and Memorandum of Agreement”; and
2) Direct staff to renew the contract with FoodNet Canada for an additional one-year term.
Carried

Dr. Mackie provided a brief presentation to the Board regarding the budget.

The presentation included the following:
• Due to COVID-19, the Ministry of Health has provided contingency funding to health units
• Municipal funding base (2019) = $6.1 million + $1.2 million)
• City of London increase = $30,000
• County of Middlesex increase = $6,000
• PBMA Investments (2021) = $762,000 (updated December 30, 2020)
• Ministry of Health Cost-Shared (2019) $21.1 million

• First half of 2020 downloading = $610,000 + $116,000
• Second half of 2020 downloading = $610,000 + $116,000

• Other funding sources to the health unit include MCCSS, PHAC and general revenue

It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Mr. Brennan, that the Board of Health:
1) Approve the 2021 Proposed Budget in the gross amount of $42,657,163 as appended to Report No. 04-21FFC re: “2021 Proposed Budget”; and
2) Forward Report No. 04-21FFC to the City of London and the County of Middlesex for information; and
3) Direct staff to submit the 2021 Proposed Budget in the various formats required by the different
funding agencies.
Carried
It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Mr. Steele, that the Board of Health:
1) Receive Report 05-21FFC, the 2021 Financial Situation Report; and
2) Direct staff to enter into negotiations to extend the Health Unit’s rotating credit facility.
Carried

February 18, 2021 Governance Committee Meeting Update (Verbal)

Mr. Bob Parker, Chair of the Governance Committee provided a verbal update on reports received during the February 18, 2021 meeting.

It was moved by Mr. Bob Parker, seconded by Mr. Steele, that the Board of Health:
1) Receive Report No. 02-21GC re: “Governance Committee Reporting Calendar & Meeting Schedule”;
2) Approve the 2021 Governance Committee Reporting Calendar (Appendix B).
Carried
It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Elliott, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 03-21GC re: “Governance Committee Accountability for Policy Review”.
Carried
It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Brennan, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 04-21GC re: “Annual Report on Privacy Program” for information.

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Reid, that the Board of Health:
1) Receive Report No. 05-21GC for information;
2) Approve the 2020 Middlesex-London Health Unit Risk Management Report (Appendix A).
Carried
It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Reid, that the Board of Health:
1) Receive Report No. 06-21GC re: “Strategic Planning Update”;
2) Approve the Strategic Priorities and Objectives included as Appendix B; and
3) Direct MLHU staff to work with the Governance Committee as required to set goals that meet these objectives and finalize the MLHU Provisional Strategic Plan.
Carried

Verbal COVID-19 Update

Dr. Alexander Summers and Dr. Mackie presented the verbal COVID-19 update.

Discussion about this verbal report included:
• COVID-19 cases continue to decrease due to stay-at-home order and participation in public health measures
• The unknown impact regarding the variants of COVID-19 (such as the UK variant), and seeing more in Ontario
• Schools are back in session
• The region received the largest amount of vaccine to date, and opened the Mount Brydges clinic

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded Mr. Brennan, that the Board of Health receive the verbal report on COVID-19 update for information.
Carried

Medical Officer of Health Activity Report for February 2021 (Report No. 10-21)

Dr. Mackie presented Medical Officer of Health Activity Report for February 2021.

It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. Elliott, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 10-21
re: “Medical Officer of Health Activity Report for February 2021” for information.
Carried

Correspondence

It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. Elliott, that the Board of Health receive correspondence items a), b), d), e), f), and g).

The Board of Health briefly discussed the correspondence received on January 21st from MPP Peggy Sattler, regarding Bill 239, the Stay Home If You Are Sick Act.

Further, it was moved at the January 21st Board of Health meeting by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. O’Donnell, that the Board of Health defer the correspondence item from MPP Peggy Sattler, regarding Bill 239 to the February 18, 2021 Board of Health Meeting.

It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. Kayabaga, that the Board of Health endorse item c) re: correspondence item from MPP Peggy Sattler, regarding Bill 239.
Failed
It was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. DeViet, that the Board of Health receive item c) re: correspondence item from MPP Peggy Sattler, regarding Bill 239.
Carried
It was moved by Ms. Elliott, seconded by Mr. Parker, that the Board of Health endorse item i) re: correspondence item from the Association of Local Public Health Agencies re: Paid Sick Leave as a Public Health Measure.
Carried

Other Business

• Annual Confidentiality Declaration

• Lead: Emily Williams, Director, Healthy Organization

• Next Board Meeting is Thursday March 18th, at 7 p.m.

Confidential

At 8:55 p.m., it was moved by Mr. Reid, seconded by Ms. DeViet, that the Board of Health will move in-camera to consider matters regarding identifiable individuals, a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board, a trade secret or scientific, technical, commercial, financial or labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the municipality or local board, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization, and to approve confidential minutes from previous Board of Health meetings.
Carried

At 10:28 p.m., it was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. O’Donnell, that the Board of Health rise and return to public session.
Carried

Adjournment

At 10:28 p.m., it was moved by Ms. DeViet, seconded by Mr. Steele, that the meeting of Board of Health be adjourned.

Maureen Cassidy
Chair

Christopher Mackie
Secretary-Treasurer