November 16, 2017 - Board of Health Meeting Minutes

Board of Health Members Present:

Ms. Maureen Cassidy
Mr. Michael Clarke
Ms. Patricia Fulton
Mr. Jesse Helmer (Chair)
Mr. Trevor Hunter
Mr. Marcel Meyer
Mr. Ian Peer
Mr. Kurtis Smith

Regrets:

Ms. Tino Kasi
Ms. Joanne Vanderheyden (Vice-Chair)

Others Present:

Dr. Christopher Mackie, Secretary-Treasurer
Ms. Lynn Guy, Executive Assistant to the Medical Officer of Health & CEO(Recorder)
Ms. Laura Di Cesare, Director, Corporate Services
Mr. Dan Flaherty, Communications Manager
Ms. Heather Lokko, Director, Healthy Start
Mr. Stephen Turner, Director, Environmental Health and Infectious Disease
Mr. Alex Tyml, Online Communications Coordinator
Ms. Suzanne Vandervoort, Director, Healthy Living
Mr. Jordan Banninga, Manager Strategic Projects
Mr. Joe Belancic, Manager Procurement and Operations
Ms. Linda Stobo, Manager Healthy Living
Jessica Wiles, volunteer – Nutritious Food Basket
Ivy Lu, volunteer – Nutritious Food Basket

Chair Helmer called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Disclosures of Conflict(S) of Interest

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

Approval of Agenda

With the addition of walk on report 067-17 2017 Budget – MOHLTC Approved Grants the amended agenda was approved.

It was moved by Mr. Hunter, seconded by Mr. Clarke, that the amended AGENDA for the November 16, 2017 Board of Health meeting be approved.
Carried

Approval of Minutes

It was moved by Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Peer, that the MINUTES of the October 19, 2017 Board of Health meeting and the October 19, 2017 Governance Committee meeting be approved.
Carried

Committee Reports

Finance and Facilities Committee, November 2, 2017 (Report No. 058-17)

Ms. Fulton briefly reviewed the reports that were presented at the November 2nd FCC meeting. There was some discussion regarding the request for funds to replace outdated furniture for the activity based workstations as well as the request to keep the daytime security guard.

Chair Helmer commented that there is a larger than anticipated surplus for this year and that this had come up at the FFC as well.

It was moved by Mr. Peer, seconded by Ms. Fulton, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 058-17 and the November 2, 2017 Finance and Facilities Committee meeting minutes.
Carried

Delegations and Recommendation Reports

Modernization of the Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy (Report No. 059-17)

Ms. Stobo said that the 5% target of smoking prevalence rate was established when a group of leaders came together at a summit in Kingston to review the relevant research. That target was then brought to the Federal Government.

Ms. Stobo noted that currently there is a 17% national smoking prevalence, 14% for Ontario and that Middlesex London is at about 19%. Ms. Stobo also noted that tobacco is referred to as commercial tobacco so as not to confuse it with sacred tobacco.

It was moved by Mr. Peer, seconded by Mr. Meyer that the Board of Health:

1. Endorse the recommendations in the “Smoke-Free Ontario Modernization: Report of the Executive Steering Committee”; and
2. Call on the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: (a) to proceed with the creation of a renewed Smoke-Free Ontario Strategy; and (b) to commit to the proposed end-game target of reducing the prevalence of commercial tobacco use in Ontario to less than 5% by 2035.

Carried

2017 Nutritious Food Basket Survey Results and Implications for Government Public Policy (Report No. 060-17)

Linda Stobo was present to answer any question and at the same time acknowledged the great work of Ms. Jessica Wiles and Ms. Ivy Lu who volunteered for this program. She also acknowledged the volunteers who were not able to attend the meeting: Ms. Alyssa Aplidgiotis; Ms. Stephanie Braga; Ms. Stephanie Wong; and Mr. Martin Zivcak.

It was moved by Ms. Cassidy, seconded by Mr. Meyer, that the Board of Health:

1. Write to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care supporting maintaining local surveillance and monitoring of food costing by public health units within the modernized Standards for Public Health Programs and Services (SPHPS);
2. Submit a letter to the Associate Deputy Minister of Health System Information Management and CIO of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, and the Director General of the Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion at Health Canada, advocating for the Household Food Security Survey Module to be made a core module of the Canadian Community Health Survey; and
3. Forward Report No. 060-17 re: “2017 Nutritious Food Basket Survey Results and Implications for Government Public Policy” and Appendix A to Ontario Boards of Health, the City of London, Middlesex County, and appropriate community agencies.

Carried

Information Reports

Oral Health Team Staffing Model Restructure (Report No. 061-17)

It was moved by Mr. Meyer, seconded by Ms. Fulton, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 061-17 re: Oral Health Team Staffing Model Restructure for information.
Carried

Locally Driven Collaborative Project on Food Literacy (LDCP) (Report No. 062-17)

It was moved by Mr. Meyer, seconded by Ms. Fulton, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 062-17 re: Locally Driven Collaborative Project on Food Literacy (LDCP) for information.
Carried

Summary Information Report, November 2017 (Report No. 063-17)

It was moved by Mr. Clarke, seconded by Mr. Peer, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 063-17 re: Summary Information Report, November 2017 for information.
Carried

Medical Officer of Health / CEO Activity Report, November 2017 (Report No. 064-17)

It was moved by Ms. Cassidy, seconded by Mr. Smith, that the Board of Health receive Report No. 064-17 re: Medical Officer of Health Activity Report, November 2017 for information.
Carried

Walk On Report

2017 Budget – MOHLTC Approved Grants (Report No. 067-17)

Dr. Mackie noted that the approval for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 2017 grant to the Health Unit was received today and that there was no base budget increase except for opioid work. One-time funding requests of $430,000 were approved and most can be carried through to March of 2018.

Dr. Mackie noted that for the previous two years, there had been a funding formula applied to Ministry grants such that some had received base budget increases, and others not. This year, he advised that respondents of an informal Medical Officer of Health poll indicated that no Health Unit had received a base budget increase other than the funding for opioid work, and that not all Health Units received their one-time funding requests.

It was moved by Mr. Cassidy and seconded by Mr. Hunter that the Board of Health authorize the Board of Health Chair to sign this agreement.

Other Business

Chair Helmer reviewed the next meeting dates for the Board of Health and its sub-committees:

• Next Finance & Facilities Committee meeting: December 7, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m.
• Next Board of Health meeting: December 14, 2017 @ 5:30 p.m.
• Board of Health Annual Dinner: December 14, 2017 @ 7:00 p.m.

Correspondence

It was moved by Mr. Peer, seconded by Mr. Clarke, that the Board of Health receive items a), through p).
Carried

Confidential

At 7:20 p.m., it was moved by Mr. Clarke, seconded by Mr. Hunter, that the Board of Health move in-camera to discuss matters regarding identifiable individuals and proposed or pending acquisition of land by the Middlesex-London Board of Health.
Carried

At 8:59 p.m., it was moved by Ms. Cassidy, seconded by Mr. Meyer, that the Board of Health rise and return to public session.
Carried

At 8:59 p.m., the Board of Health returned to public session.

Adjournment

At 9:00 p.m., it was moved by Ms. Cassidy, seconded by Mr. Meyer, that the meeting be adjourned.
Carried

Jesse Helmer
Chair

Christopher Mackie
Secretary-Treasurer