Board of Health

BE IT RESOLVED that the Election of Chair and Vice-Chair Report; the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report; the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report; the Draft Board of Health 2015 Operating Budget Report; Amendments to Ottawa Board of Health Policies and By-laws; 2014 Operating Budget Year End Results – Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit Status Report; and Delegation of Authority – Contracts Awarded for the Period of October 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014 be received and considered.

That Councillor Qadri be nominated for the position of Chair for the Ottawa Board of Health for the remainder of the 2014-2018 term, to be confirmed at the first meeting of each year as required by the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

That nominations for the position of Chair be closed.

That the Ottawa Board of Health appoint Councillor Qadri as Chair for the Ottawa Board of Health for the remainder of the 2014-2018 term and that the Chair be confirmed at the first meeting of each year of its term as required by the Health Protection and Promotion Act .

That Member Poirier be nominated for the position of Vice-Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health for the remainder of the 2014-2018 term, to be confirmed at the first meeting of each year as required by the Health Protection and Promotion Act .

That nominations for the position of Vice-Chair be closed.

That the Ottawa Board of Health appoint Member Poirier as Vice-Chair of the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit for the remainder of the 2014-2018 term, to be confirmed at the first meeting of each year as required by the Health Protection and Promotion Act .

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 on November 28, 2014, former Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health, Councillor Diane Holmes wrote a letter to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. Eric Hoskins, regarding Ottawa Public Health Request for Additional Information on Provincial Funding Formula; and WHEREAS the correspondence to the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care is included, as Document 2, in the Draft Board of Health 2015 Operating Budget report; and WHEREAS the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. Eric Hoskins, responded to the former Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health by way of letter dated February 2, 2015, that is Communication Item #4 on the Agenda; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the correspondence from the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Dr. Eric Hoskins, to the former Chair of the Ottawa Board of Health, Councillor Diane Holmes, be added to the Draft Board of Health 2015 Operating Budget report.

That Confirmation by-law no. 2015-2, 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 March 2, 2015, be read and passed.