Report to/Rapport au :

 

Ottawa Board of Health

Conseil de santé d’Ottawa

 

Monday 19 September  2011/le lundi 19 septembre 2011

 

Submitted by/Soumis par :

Dr./Dr Isra Levy,

Medical Officer of Health/Médecin chef en santé publique

 

Contact Person/Personne-ressource :

John Steinbachs, Board Secretary/Secrétaire du Conseil

Ottawa Public Health /Santé publique Ottawa

613-580-2424, ext./poste 15083, john.steinbachs@ottawa.ca

 

City Wide / À l’échelle de la ville

ACS2011-OPH-SSB-0002

 

 

SUBJECT:

2012 BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING SCHEDULE

 

 

OBJET :

HORAIRE DES RÉUNIONS DU CONSEIL DE SANTÉ POUR L’ANNÉE 2012

 

REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

 

That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit approve the 2012 meeting schedule outlined in this report.

 

RECOMMANDATIONS DU RAPPORT

 

Que le Conseil de santé du Service de la santé de la Ville d’Ottawa approuve l’horaire des réunions de 2012 décrit dans le présent rapport.

 

BACKGROUND

The Procedure By-law (By-law No. 2011-1) for the Ottawa Board of Health states that the regular meetings of the Board be held at 6:00 pm on the third Monday of each month  in the Champlain Room at Ottawa City Hall, unless otherwise changed by the Board (section 8 subsection 1).

 

DISCUSSION

The purpose of this report is to set out the meeting dates for 2012 and to ensure that Board members can make the appropriate arrangements in their calendars.

 

It is expected that in 2012 the Board will need to meet once every two months. As a result, staff have scheduled regular Board meetings on the following dates in 2012 and ask for the Board to approve this list.

 

·         January 16

·         March 19

·         May 21

·         September 17

·         October 15

·         November 19

 

If, however, the need arises for a Special Meeting of the Board of Health, one may be called, as outlined in section 14 of the Procedural by-law.

 

CONSULTATION

The purpose of this report is administrative in nature and therefore no public consultation is required.

 

LEGAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no legal impediments to implementing the recommendations in this report.

 

FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS

There are no financial implications with the approval of the recommendation in this report.

 

DISPOSITION

Ottawa Public Health staff will use the meeting schedule as adopted by the Board to inform 2012 governance planning.