Board of Health

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report , the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report , and the reports titled: Board of Health Policies and By-Laws – 2022 Review and Updates; Participation in the Association of Local Public Health Agencies’ (alPHa) 2022 Annual General Meeting and Conference; Emergency Management at Ottawa Public Health – Annual Update; Ottawa Public Health’s Strategic Plan for 2019-2022 – Update from Quarter Four of 2021; 2021 Operating & Capital 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 July 1 to December 31, 2021 , be received and considered.

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

That Member Menard’s motion be amended by deleting the word “prematurely” from the third WHEREAS clause.

WHEREAS Ottawa continues to see high rates of COVID-19, based on available monitoring indicators, and can anticipate future resurgences of COVID-19 as the virus remains present in the environment and population immunity may wane; AND WHEREAS masking and vaccination lowers the risk of severe outcomes and reduces the risk of transmitting COVID-19 to others, thereby reducing the amount of COVID-19 circulating in the community; AND WHEREAS the Province of Ontario removed mask mandates in essential service settings, schools, and indoor spaces where people work closely together, thereby increasing risk of transmission prior to a sixth wave of the virus; AND WHEREAS the Province reversed parts of the Reopening Ontario Act, largely preventing local public health officials from issuing letters of instruction, which can mandate masking requirements in local jurisdictions; AND WHEREAS Ottawa Public Health and community partners continue to do intensive outreach work in high priority neighbourhoods to increase vaccine confidence and grow vaccination coverage, and dedicated funding is only available for some neighbourhoods in Ottawa with lower vaccine coverage rates, and other needs for intensive outreach now include promoting testing and treatment for people at higher risk for severe outcomes who do not have access to a primary care provider; AND WHEREAS, going forward, it will continue to be important for local public health units to have a variety of tools and resources available to en

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report, the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report, and the reports titled: Board of Health Policies and By-Laws – 2022 Review and Updates; Participation in the Association of Local Public Health Agencies’ (alPHa) 2022 Annual General Meeting and Conference; Emergency Management at Ottawa Public Health – Annual Update; Ottawa Public Health’s Strategic Plan for 2019-2022 – Update from Quarter Four of 2021; 2021 Operating & Capital 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 July 1 to December 31, 2021, be received and adopted.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2022-3, 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 April 25, 2022, be read and passed.