Board of Health

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report; the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report; the Ontario’s Health System Transformation – Update report; the Ottawa Public Health Submission in Response to Public Consultation – Legalization of Cannabis in Ontario report; the Update on Ottawa Public Health’s Immunization Strategy report; the Federal Government Healthy Eating Strategy Consultations report; the 2017 Operating Budget Q2 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; the Delegation of Authority report for Contracts Awarded for the Period of January 1 to June 30, 2017; and the Ottawa Board of Health Public Health Funding and Accountability Agreement – 2017 Mid-Year Update report be received and considered; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Rules of Procedure be suspended to consider the following item, given that the report was not distributed with the Agenda: · Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention – Status Report.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health approve that the meeting time be extended past 7:00 p.m. pursuant to Subsection 8.(1)(c) of the Procedural By-law.

WHEREAS the Medical Officer of Health’s report is proposing a time-limited interim supervised injection service (SIS) at 179 Clarence Street and a corresponding Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre (SHCHC); AND WHEREAS the MOA will expire after 120 days; AND WHEREAS the current report proposes a monitoring and evaluation plan for the operations of the interim SIS at 179 Clarence Street; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health direct the Medical Officer of Health to bring forward a progress report, at the first meeting of 2018, based on the first 60 days of operating the interim SIS at 179 Clarence Street; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the above-referenced progress report include recommendations for a more permanent solution for enhancing OPH’s harm reduction services through the provision of SIS, at fixed or mobile facilities, either directly or through partner agencies, provided that all legislative requirements can be met and subject to the availability of sufficient funding.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report; the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report; the Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention – Status Report, as amended; the Ontario’s Health System Transformation – Update report; the Ottawa Public Health Submission in Response to Public Consultation – Legalization of Cannabis in Ontario report; the Update on Ottawa Public Health’s Immunization Strategy report; the Federal Government Healthy Eating Strategy Consultations report; the 2017 Operating Budget Q2 – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; the Delegation of Authority report for Contracts Awarded for the Period of January 1 to June 30, 2017; and the Ottawa Board of Health Public Health Funding and Accountability Agreement – 2017 Mid-Year Update report be received and adopted.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2017-4, a by-law of the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit to confirm the proceedings of the Ottawa Board of Health at its meeting of September 18, 2017, be read and passed.