Agenda - March 15, 2018 - Board of Health Meeting

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Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 7:00 p.m.
399 Ridout Street North
Side Entrance, (Recessed Door)
Board of Health Boardroom

Disclosure(s) of Conflicts of Interest

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Minutes

February 15, 2018 - Board of Health
February 22, 2018 – Special meeting of the Board of Health
March 7, 2018 – Special meeting of the Board of Health

Receive: March 1, 2018 - Finance & Facilities Committee Meeting

Delegations

7:05 – 7:15 p.m.

Finance & Facilities Committee verbal update re Item #1 – March 1, 2018 Finance & Facilities Committee meeting.

Other Business

• Next Finance and Facilities Committee Meeting: Thursday, April 5, 2018 @ 9:00 a.m.
• Next Board of Health Meeting: Thursday, April 19, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m.
• Next Governance Committee Meeting: June 21, 2018 @ 6:00 p.m.

Correspondence

a) Date: 2018 February 06
Topic: Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) Annual General Meeting and call for 2018 Resolutions
From: Susan Lee, Manager, Administrative & Association Services, Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa)

To: Board of Health Members, Health Unit Directors/Senior Managers

Background:
The Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) announced its 2018 Annual General Meeting and Conference for June 10, 11 and 12 in Toronto. The communication also included a call for 2018 alPHa Resolutions, Distinguished Service Awards and a call for Board of Health Nominations to the 2018-19 and 2019-20 alPHa Board of Directors.

Recommendation:
Receive.

b) Date: 2018 February 14 [Received 2018 February 21]
Topic: City of London Resolution
From: Cathy Saunders, City Clerk
To: Middlesex-London Health Unit Board

Background:
This correspondence certified that the London City Council consents to the Middlesex-London Health Unit’s proposal to lease real property for the purposes of consolidating its London operations and performing mandatory functions under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

Recommendation:
Receive.

c) Date: 2017 December 7 [Received 2018 February 16]
Topic: Resolution to Repeal Section 43 of Criminal Code
From: Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit
To: Board of Health Members

Background:
The Board of Health for the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit passed a resolution supporting the repeal of Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada and to write to the Minister of Justice indicating the Board’s position and urging swift action on the matter. This resolution is in line with the Ontario Public Health Standards and the position of the Ontario Public Health Association.

Recommendation:
Receive.

d) Date: 2018 February 28
Topic: Improving the Odds: Championing Health Equity in Ontario, 2016 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
From: Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health
To: Board of Health members
Background:
Improving the Odds: Championing Health Equity in Ontario is the annual report of the Chief Medical Officer for Ontario, which recommends urgent action across different sectors and all levels of government to give all Ontarian a chance to be as healthy as possible. The report includes tools available to address growing inequity in parts of the population and makes the case that public health units have the expertise and interconnectivity to champion health equity at the local level. The full report can be found by following this link: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/common/ministry/publications/reports/cmoh_18/cmoh_18.pdf

Recommendation:
Receive

e) Date: 2018 March 7
Topic: Federal Funding for Non-Smoker’s Rights Association and Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada
From: Coalition Québécoise pour le Contrôle du Tabac (CQCT)
To: Medical and Public Health Organizations, and Provincial Tobacco Control Coalitions

Background:
The Non-Smoker’s Rights Association and Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada may be forced to cease operation due to lack of funding. The loss of these organizations would be a major setback for coordinated public health action and for the continued efforts required to address federal and provincial tobacco control policy. Canada is a signed member of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which emphasizes the important role that civic action and advocacy play in achieving health objectives of Convention and its protocols. Through their work, these tobacco-specific, non-governmental agencies in particular have prevented massive human suffering and are responsible for mobilizing a coordinated tobacco control movement around the world that moved beyond focusing on individual smoking behaviours towards comprehensive policy-oriented approaches, including regulations and controls on tobacco industry. The CQCT is asking for public health and tobacco control agencies and individual medical professionals to provide their endorsement to the letter that they will be submitting to the Federal Health Minister, all Members of Parliament and health reporters across the country in an effort to reinstate grant funding to support the work of these important agencies.

Recommendation:
Endorse.

Copies of all correspondence are available for perusal from the Secretary-Treasurer.

Confidential

The Board of Health will move in-camera to consider matters regarding labour relations, identifiable individuals, advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege and potential litigation affecting the Middlesex-London Health Unit, a proposed or pending acquisition of land by the Middlesex-London Board of Health, to consider confidential minutes from the February 15, February 22 and March 7 Board of Health meetings and to receive confidential minutes from the March 1 Finance and Facilities Committee meeting.

Adjournment