February 2025 Board of Health Meeting - Agenda

Meeting Date
February 2025 Board of Health Meeting
Meeting Document Type
Agenda
  1. Call to Order - F. Costante, Chair (3:00 pm)
    1. Land Acknowledgement
    2. Quorum​​
    3. Declaration of Conflict of Interest
    4. Code of Conduct/Confidentiality Annual Attestation
  2. Board of Health 2025 Elections (3:05 pm)
  3. Approval of Agenda (3:20 pm)
  4. Approval of Minutes: December 5, 2024 (3:23 pm)
  5. MOH Update (Dr. Mehdi Aloosh) (3:25 pm)
  6. Consent Agenda (for approval) (3:45 pm)
    1. Information Reports
      1. Communications Reports
        1. December 2024
        2. January 2025
      2. ISPA Enforcement Update
      3. Board of Health Self-Evaluation Process 
      4. Strategic Plan Q4 Progress Report 
      5. Beach Water Monitoring Program Enhancements 2025
      6. 2024 Annual Service Plan – Q4 Status Report
      7. 2024 Privacy Summary Report
      8. Q4 BOH Effectiveness Survey
      9. 2024 Building Blocks for Better Babies (BBBB) Program Evaluation
    2. Correspondence (for information) (3:50 pm)
      1. Windsor-Essex County Health Unit – Letter of Support – Youth Mental Health Fund
      2. Peterborough Public Health – Walport Report/Provincial Emergency Preparedness
      3. KFL&A Board of Health – Health Canada’s Radon Guideline
      4. HKPR Health Unit – Letter of Support – Vaping Flavour Ban
      5. Public Health Sudbury & District – Calling for the Selection of Indigenous Municipal & Provincial Appointees for BoH for Public Health Sudbury & Districts
      6. Peterborough Public Health – Federal Strategy to Address Severity and Prevalence of Household Food Insecurity
      7. Middlesex-London Health Unit – Monitoring Food Affordability and Implications for Public Policy and Action 2024 – Recommendation & Infographic
  7. Business Arising (3:55 pm)
  8. Resolutions/Recommendation Reports (4:20)
    1. Animal Bite Prevention (for approval) (Kristy McBeth/Dr. Mehdi Aloosh)
  9. New Business (4:35 pm)
    1. Equity, Diversity & Inclusion/WECHU Staff Census (Elspeth Troy/Darcie Renaud) (Presentation) 
    2. SSNAPP Grant Overview and Letter of Support (Presentation) (Celine Damphouse)
    3. Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Hub (Sandra Vesco) (Presentation)
    4. Increasing Access to Testing and Treatment in Collaboration with Local Health Providers (Presentation) (Razane Diab)
    5. CEO Update (Dr. Ken Blanchette)
    6. CEO Quarterly Report (Dr. Ken Blanchette)
  10. Next Meeting: At the Call of the Chair, or Thursday, March 20, 2025
  11. Adjournment of Open Meeting
  12. In-Camera Meeting (Closed Session in accordance with Section 239 of the Municipal Act) (4:50 pm)