Minutes - December 21, 2020 Special Governance Committee Meeting

Members Present:

Ms. Aina DeViet (Committee Chair)
Ms. Maureen Cassidy
Ms. Arielle Kayabaga
Mr. Bob Parker

Others Present:

Mr. Matt Reid, Board Member
Mr. Mike Steele, Board Member
Mr. Aaron O’Donnell, Board Member
Dr. Chris Mackie, Medical Officer of Health
Dr. Michael Clarke, CEO (Interim)
Ms. Stephanie Egelton, Executive Assistant to the Board of Health and Communications Coordinator (Recorder)
Ms. Emily Williams, Director, Healthy Organization
Ms. Heather Lokko, Director, Healthy Start and Chief Nursing Officer
Ms. Kendra Ramer, Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Regrets:

Mr. Ian Peer

Chair Aina DeViet called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m.

Ms. Arielle Kayabaga joined at 10:06 a.m.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

Chair DeViet inquired if there were disclosures of conflicts of interest to be declared. None were declared.

Approval of Agenda

It was moved by Ms. Maureen Cassidy, seconded by Mr. Bob Parker, that the AGENDA for the December 21, 2020 Special Governance Committee meeting be approved.
Carried

New Business

Verbal Update and History on Strategic Planning Process

Dr. Mackie provided a brief context on the previous strategic planning process.

Discussion included:
• Support from the Board in 2014 of a 5-year strategic plan from 2015-2020
• The possibility of focusing the next plan on fewer priorities over a shorter time horizon
• The different core areas of public health that were involved with the 2015-2020 Strategic Planning process at the Middlesex-London Health Unit
• The short-term planning and research needed for a provisional plan

At the December 10, 2020 Public Session of the Middlesex-London Board of Health, the Board directed the Governance Committee to schedule a Strategic Planning Session before the end of January 2021, therefore;

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Cassidy, that the Governance Committee:

A) Approve Committee Member, Mr. Robert Parker to work with staff to begin process of obtaining consultant options to begin the Strategic Planning process per Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Procurement Policy (G-230) and Contractual Services Policy (G-220) and;
B) Receive verbal update on the “Strategic Planning Process” for information.
Carried

Other Business

It was moved by Mr. Bob Parker, seconded by Ms. Maureen Cassidy that the Governance Committee direct staff to provide a list of dates and times for a provisional Strategic Planning session with the Board of Health and Senior Leadership Team.

Carried

Adjournment

At 10:37 a.m., it was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Cassidy, that the meeting be adjourned.

Carried

Aina DeViet
Committee Chair

Christopher Mackie
Secretary-Treasurer