Board of Health

That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit: 1. Recommend that City Council approve the creation of a reserve fund for the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit to address Information Technology (IT) requirements, as described in this report, including amended page 10; and 2. Approve the 2016 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health set out in Document 1, as follows: a. User fees (p. 10); b. Cost Shared Programs Operating Resource Requirement – Foundational Standards (p. 4); c. Remaining 2016 Ottawa Public Health Operating Resource Requirement (p. 4); and 3. Upon the Board of Health’s approval of the 2016 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health, direct staff to forward the report to Ottawa City Council, for consideration on December 9, 2015 as part of the City Council’s approval of the City of Ottawa 2016 Draft Operating and Capital budget; and 4. Upon approval of the 2016 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health by the Board of Health and Ottawa City Council, direct staff to forward the approved 2016 Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) for consideration as part of the Program-Based Grant application; and 5. Direct staff to explore opportunities for additional funding revenues for 2016 for Ottawa Public Health programs. Recommendations 1, 3, 4 and 5

That the Rules of Procedure be waived, due to timelines, to consider the following Motion: WHEREAS Ottawa City Council appointed Member Suzanne Pinel to Ottawa Board of Health on 30 January 2015, for a term expiring 30 November 2018; AND WHERAS Member Pinel has advised the Chair of a personal situation that may require her to be out of the City for extended periods over the coming year; AND WHEREAS, Subsection 16 (3) of the Procedure By-law for the Board of Health states that if a Member is not present at meetings of the Board for three consecutive meetings without being authorized by a vote of the Council or the Board, such absence may be reported to the Council with a recommendation to Council to dismiss; AND WHEREAS Member has indicated her interest in remaining on the Board, and has requesting a leave of absence of up to one year leave from attending all Board meetings; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health authorize a leave of absence of up to one year for Member Suzanne Pinel.