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Meeting of the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit

Held on March 5, 2020, Timmins Office, Board Room

Present:

  • Sue Perras
  • Drago Stefanic
  • Mickey Auger
  • Cleo Charlebois
  • Sebastien Lessard
  • Denis Clement
  • George Pirie
  • Marc Ringuette
  • Rock Whissell

Others:     

  • Lesleigh Dye, Director of Education, DSBone
  • Paul Woodward, Vice President, The Bucket Shop
  • Jamieson Pouw, Market Development Manager, The Bucket Shop

Staff:

  • Dr. Lianne Catton
  • Don West
  • Maria Cook

Recorder: Maria Cook

1. Call to Order

Dr. Lianne Catton, Medical Officer of Health, 5:00 p.m.

2. Approval of Agenda

MOVED BY: Rock Whissell
SECONDED BY: Cleo Charlebois

THAT the agenda for this meeting be approved, as circulated.

Carried

3. Declaration of Conflict of Interest

None.

4. Presentation

DSBone & Bucket Shop Partnership

Lesleigh Dye, Director of Education, DSBone together with Paul Woodward, Vice President and Jamieson Pouw, Market Development Manager, The Bucket Shop, provided a presentation to the Board regarding their plans to create a Centre of Excellence for Skilled Trades, where grades 4 to 12 students and additional learning partners will be exposed to a variety of pathways in an authentic setting. Phase 1 will include Welding and Millwright; and Phase 2 will include Automotive, Electrical and Carpentry.

It is their wish to develop and construct a learning centre on the land currently owned by the Porcupine Health Unit, as they feel it is an ideal site due to its close proximity to schools in all four school boards.

5. Adoption of Minutes of Meeting

MOVED BY:  Drago Stefanic
SECONDED BY: Sebastien Lessard 

THAT the minutes of the meeting of the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit held January 23, 2020 be approved.

Carried

6. Business Arising from Minutes

None.

7. Medical Officer of Health Report

Dr. Lianne Catton, Medical Officer of Health, spoke to her written report.

8. Correspondence

Dr. Lianne Catton, Medical Officer of Health, spoke to the following correspondence:

City of Hamilton

Re:  Endorsement of Correspondence re: Vaping Recommendations

  • Copy of letter, dated January 20th, to Ministers Patty Hajdu and Christine Elliot, endorsing correspondence regarding comprehensive measures to address the rise of vaping in Ontario from Public Health Sudbury & Districts; Haliburton Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health; Middlesex-London Health Unit; Peterborough Pubic Health and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.

Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health

Re:  Monitoring of Food Insecurity and Food Affordability 

  • Copy of letter, dated January 28th, to Minister Patty Hajdu, urging the Federal Government to commit to annual local measurement of food insecurity in all provinces and territories by making the Household Food Security Survey Module a core module in the Canadian Community Health Survey, and update the foods included in the National Nutritious Food Basket to reflect recommendations in the 2019 Canada’s Food Guide and develop a national food costing protocol.

Peterborough Public Health

Re:  Off Road Vehicles (ORV) and Bills 107 and 132

  • Copy of letter, dated January 29th, to Ministers Caroline Mulroney and Christine Elliot, recommending the following revisions of O. Reg 316/03, in PART III:

Equipment requirements:

  • Maintain current contents of section, ensuring content is up-to-date and is applicable to all classes of ORVs that will be permitted on roads.

Operation requirements:

  • Maintain current contents of section and requirements. Specifically:
  • Requiring the driver to hold a valid driver’s licence, with restrictions on number of passengers at night for novice young drivers;
  • Requiring all riders to wear an approved helmet; and
  • Setting maximum speed limits of 20 kilometres per hour, if the roads speed limit is not greater than 50 kilometres per hour, and 50 kilometres per hour, if the roads speed limit is greater than 50 kilometres per hour.
  • Under “Driver’s license conditions”, include the condition that the blood alcohol concentration level of young or novice drivers be zero, as per the Highway Traffic Act (2019); and encourage the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Health to establish an effective communication strategy to educate all road users about forthcoming changes to ORV road-use laws, as well as to communicate the risks of riding ORVs on roads.

Public Health Sudbury & Districts

Re:  Fully Funded Universal Health School Food Program

  • Copy of letter, dated January 31st, to Ministers Patty Hajdu and Christine Elliot, supporting resolutions by Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and Boards of Health for Grey Bruce Health Unit, Toronto Public Health, Peterborough Public Health and Windsor-Essex County Health Unit for a universal publicly funded healthy school food program; and call upon federal and provincial Ministers of Health to work in consultation with all provinces, territories, Indigenous leadership, and other interest groups to collaboratively develop a universal publicly funded school food program that is aligned with Canada’s Dietary Guidelines.

9. Program Committee Report

a. Porcupine Health Unit’s Disclosure Program – Suzanne Lajoie, Manager of Environmental Health|

Mickey Auger thanked Ms. Lajoie, for providing an informative presentation regarding the Porcupine Health Unit’s Disclosure Program.

b. Official Language Policy

MOVED BY: Mickey Auger
SECONDED BY: Sebastien Lessard

THAT the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit approve the revised Official Languages Policy B-I-05, as circulated.

Carried

c. Conflict of Interest Policy

MOVED BY: Sebastien Lessard
SECONDED BY: Cleo Charlebois

THAT the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit approve the Conflict of Interest Policy, as circulated.

Carried

d. Board of Health Constitution and Bylaws

Dr. Catton noted that the Board of Health Constitution and Bylaws are currently being reviewed, and amended, to reflect current practices.  Once complete, a copy will be circulated to the Board for review and approval.

e. 2018 Annual Report

MOVED BY: Drago Stefanic
SECONDED BY: Cleo Charlebois

THAT the Porcupine Health Unit’s 2018 Annual Report be approved for circulation.

Carried

f. Public Health Modernization Consultation Response and Session

MOVED BY: Sebastien Lessard
SECONDED BY: Cleo Charlebois

The Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit endorses prior recommendations from the Capacity Review Committee (CRC), 2006, to enter into planning stages of a voluntary amalgamation with the Board of Health for the Timiskaming Health Unit to address some of the concerns highlighted in the public health modernization discussion paper and strengthen public health for our communities.

Carried

10. Resource Committee Report

a. Staff Changes

MOVED BY: Marc Ringuette
SECONDED BY: Rock Whissell

THAT the report of staff changes be received for information.

Carried

b. Early Retirement/Voluntary Exit Plan

MOVED BY: Rock Whissell
SECONDED BY: Marc Ringuette

THAT the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit approve the Early Retirement/Voluntary Exit Plan, Policy H-III-27, as circulated.

Carried

c. Management Employment Policies – Hours of Work

MOVED BY: Drago Stefanic
SECONDED BY: Rock Whissell

THAT the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit approve the revised Management Employment Policies, Hours of Work, as circulated.

Carried

11. New Business

None.

12. Receipt of Minutes for Information

a. Committee of the Whole

MOVED BY: Denis Clement
SECONDED BY: Sebastien Lessard

THAT the minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held January 23, 2020, be received for information.

Carried

b. Program Committee Meeting

MOVED BY: Sebastien Lessard
SECONDED BY: Cleo Charlebois

THAT the minutes of the Program Committee meeting held September 5, 2019 be received for information.

Carried

c. Resource Committee Meeting

MOVED BY: Marc Ringuette
SECONDED BY: Rock Whissell

THAT the minutes of the Resource Committee meeting held September 5, 2019 be received for information.

Carried

d. Management Committee Meeting Minutes

MOVED BY: Denis Clement
SECONDED BY:  Mickey Auger

THAT the minutes of the Management Committee meetings held October 30, 2019 and January 30, 2020, be received for information.

Carried

13. Date of Next Meeting

MOVED BY: Cleo Charlebois
SECONDED BY: Denis Clement

THAT the next meeting of the Board of Health for the Porcupine Health Unit be held on April 30, 2020 at 5:00 pm and that this meeting adjourn.                                       

Carried