Minutes - January 27, 2021 Special Governance Committee Meeting

Members Present:

Ms. Aina DeViet (Chair)
Ms. Maureen Cassidy (Vice-Chair)
Ms. Arielle Kayabaga
Mr. Bob Parker
Mr. Mike Steele

Others Present:

Dr. Christopher Mackie, Medical Officer of Health (Secretary-Treasurer)
Ms. Stephanie Egelton, Executive Assistant to the Board of Health and Communications Coordinator (Recorder)
Ms. Kendra Ramer, Manager, Strategic Projects
Ms. Svetlana Mutlak, Executive Assistant, Healthy Organization
Ms. Victoria Mazzarollo, Student, Healthy Organization
Dr. Alexander Summers, Associate Medical Officer of Health
Ms. Emily Williams, Director, Healthy Organization
Mr. Stephen Turner, Director, Environmental Health and Infectious Disease
Ms. Maureen MacCormick, Director, Healthy Living
Ms. Heather Lokko, Director, Healthy Start and Chief Nursing Officer
Dr. Michael Clarke, Interim CEO
Mr. Matt Reid
Mr. Aaron O’Donnell
Ms. Tino Kasi
Ms. Maria Sánchez-Keane, Principal, Centre for Organizational Effectiveness
Ms. Kathleen Schreurs, Research and Communications Associate, Centre for Organizational Effectiveness
Ms. Kate Dubinski, CBC News
Ms. Rebecca Zandbergen, CBC News

Regrets:

Mr. John Brennan
Ms. Kelly Elliott

Chair Aina DeViet called the meeting to order at 8:36 a.m. via ZOOM.

Mr. Aaron O’Donnell joined the meeting at 9:02 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 Mr. Bob Parker, seconded by Ms. Maureen Cassidy, that the AGENDA for the January 27, 2021 Special Governance Committee meeting be approved.
Carried

New Business

Ontario Health Unit Organization Structures: Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Roles (Report No. 01-21GC)

Dr. Michael Clarke, Interim CEO and Ms. Emily Williams, Director, Healthy Organization provided this report.

It was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Ms. Cassidy, that the Governance Committee receive Report No. 01-21GC re: “Ontario Health Unit Organizational Structures: Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer Roles” for information.

Ms. Dubinski and Ms. Zandbergen left the meeting at 8:52 a.m.

Provisional Strategic Plan Discussions

The first part of the Provisional Strategic Plan discussions occurred, and were facilitated by Maria Sánchez-Keane, Principal, Centre for Organizational Effectiveness.

Attendees were placed into breakout rooms via Zoom, composed of no more than two (2) governance committee members each.

Topics discussed in breakout sessions included:
• Public Health Modernization
• Structure of the Middlesex-London Health Unit
• Racism as a Public Health Issue

Carried

Other Business

Next session is tomorrow (Thursday, January 28th at 1 p.m.)

Adjournment

At 11:56 a.m., it was moved by Mr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Mike Steele, that the meeting be adjourned.

Carried

Aina DeViet
Chair

Christopher Mackie
Secretary-Treasurer