October 5, 2016 Board of Health Meeting Minutes

The Board of Health of Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit met at 4:00 p.m. at the GUELPH Office.

Members in attendance were: Mr. Doug Auld (Chair), Ms. Margaret Abbink, Mr. William Baxter, Ms. Christine Billings, Mr. George Bridge, Mr. Guy Gardhouse, Ms. June Hofland, Mr. Dennis Lever, Mr. Keith Perron, Ms. Nancy Sullivan, Mr. Allen Taylor and Mr. Chris White.

Member(s) with regrets: Mr. Ken McGhee and Mr. Mark MacKinnon.

Ex-officio members(s) in attendance: Dr. Mercer, Medical Officer of Health & CEO.

Staff members in attendance were: Ms. Elizabeth Bowden, Ms. Andrea Roberts, Ms. Rita Sethi, Mr. Rob Thompson, Mr. Kyle Wilson, Mr. Chuck Ferguson, Mr. Tom Craig, Ms. Rosalyn LaRochelle, Ms. Jennifer McCorriston, Ms. Shanna O’Dwyer, Ms. Janice Walters, Ms. Meighan Finlay and Ms. Sylvia Muir (Recording Secretary).

Guests in attendance were: NONE. 

1.0 Call to Order

D. Auld called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

Timelines and processes for MOH/CEO Performance Evaluation, Annual Goal-Setting & BOH Self-Evaluation

D. Auld briefly reviewed the timetable, via handout, for the MOH/CEO Performance Evaluation, Annual Goal-Setting & BOH Self-Evaluation.

2.0 Disclosure(s) of Pecuniary Interest

There are no disclosures of pecuniary interest declared at this time.

3.0 Approval of Agenda

4.0 Approval of Minutes

4(a) MOH Updates

Dr. Mercer provided updates on the following matters:

Bill 177 – Domestic & Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016 Update:

• Dr. Mercer contacted Ted Arnott, MPP, Wellington-Halton Hills, as directed by the BOH at the September BOH meeting.
• Bill 177, Domestic and Sexual Violence Workplace Leave, Accommodation and Training Act, 2016, was introduced by NDP MPP Peggy Sattler and brought forward for Second Reading debate on March 10, 2016. As the Ontario PC Labour Critic, T. Arnott spoke in favour of sending it to Committee for further examination. It was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, but the Committee did not review it. Bill 177 died on the Order Paper when the Government prorogued the Legislature earlier this month. It remains to be seen whether or not Ms. Sattler will re-introduce the Bill.
• T. Arnott currently serves as one of the assistant Speakers in the Ontario Legislature. In that role, T. Arnott helps the Speaker preside over the Legislature and normally takes the Speaker’s Chair every Monday afternoon from 1:00-6:00pm. T. Arnott is one of the  assistant Speakers and has not been assigned to a Standing Committee, although any Member is able to go to Committee hearings and participate.

County of Wellington Plowing Match

• The International Plowing Match and Rural Expo was held in Minto from September 20th – 24th, 2016.
• There were over 100,000 attendees.
• WDGPH’s Health Protection Division took a lead role and participated on the All Chairs Committees to support planning and preparation of the site.
• WDGPH implemented an IMS structure given the size of the event in terms of expected attendance and scope of the event in terms of temporary infrastructure.
• Food safety training was provided in advance of the event with over 110 food handlers trained.
• Approximately 140 food inspection were carried out at food vendors.
• Safe water staff worked with the Ontario Clean Water Agency to oversee the supply of potable water to the site.
• Chlorine residuals were taken daily at 18 distribution points in the temporary water supply system – all samples had adequate chlorine levels.
• Bacteriological analysis was carried out daily – there were no adverse results.
• All animal exhibits were inspected and supplied with signage and hand hygiene stations.
• There were no incidents of suspect food-borne illness or rabies via animal bites.
• WDGPH spent over 500 person hours working on this event.

BOH Chair Update

• D. Auld’s (BOH Chair) appointment is set to expire on November 14, 2016. N. Sullivan, Vice-Chair, acknowledged D. Auld’s commitment to Public Health affairs and thanked him for all his efforts.

5.0 Presentation(s) 

Lorne Goldman, Business Development, Leading Boards attended and provided a demonstration of the new portal to the BOH members:

• Portal will allow the BOH an area where they will access all the documents relevant to them.
• Only BOH members, and the WDGPH Administrators, can see items posted on this portal.
• BOH members will be receiving a link in the next few days that will allow you to log in to the portal – link expires after 24 hours and thereafter you will need to request a new link.
• Closed Session materials will be restricted to not allow downloading/e-mailing/saving.
• Training may be arranged once the BOH members have had an opportunity to practice with the portal. Leading Boards can also set up remote one-on-one training.

     (4:39) Lorne left meeting.

6.0 Business Arising

• NONE.

7.0 Consent Agenda

• NONE.

8.0 BOH Report(s)

BH.01.OCT0516.R17 – Nutritious Food Basket for WDGPH 2016

Dr. Mercer reviewed the contents of Report BH.01.OCT0516.R17.

BOH consensus to amend the Motion to include providing the Report to the local MPPs.