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Other Items Considered by the Board
Pertaining to Budget and Corporate Policy Matters
(a) State of the City=s Health.
The Board of Health reports having forwarded the following report (February 19, 1998) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health to the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee, Budget Committee and City Council for consideration during the budget process.
(i) (February 19, 1998) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health regarding The State of the City=s Health: Implications for Public Health;
(ii) (October 6, 1997) from the Assistant City Clerk, former City of Toronto, forwarding the former City of Toronto=s action taken at its meeting on September 22 and 23, 1997 with respect to Clause 1 Board of Health Report No. 9, titled AThreats to Health in the Changing City: Choices for the Future@, in which the former City of Toronto Council endorsed the actions of the former City of Toronto Board of Health;
(iii) (February 1998) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health, titled AThe State of the City=s Health: Implications for the Future@.
(b) Current Gaps in Public Health Services for Children.
The Board of Heath reports having received the report (February 11, 1998) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health and, having taken into account the issues and needs raised therein when making decisions regarding the 1998 budget, forwarded this report to the Children=s Action Committee and the Community and Neighbourhood Services Committee for consideration, and to the Budget Committee with a request that the Acting Medical Officer of Health provide that Committee with the amount of funding required.
(i) (February 11, 1998) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health regarding current gaps in public health services for children;
(ii) (February 20, 1998) from Rita Luty, Chairperson, Northern Health Area Community Health Board, of the former City of Toronto;
(iii) (February 20, 1998) from Gilles Barbeau, Acting Chair, French Language Services Committee, Metropolitan Toronto District Health Council.
(c) Business Plan for Toronto Animal Services for 1998-99.
The Board of Health reports having deferred consideration of the Animal Services Program component of the 1998 Operating Budget to its next meeting on March 24, 1998 and having:
(1) requested the Acting Medical Officer of Health to report to that meeting on an interim arrangement for the provision of Animal Services in the City of Toronto which could include an extension of the existing contract with the Toronto Humane Society for the provision of animal shelter services in the boundaries of the former City of Toronto;
(2) requested the Acting Medical Officer of Health to consult with appropriate staff and report back to that meeting with a review of the two business plans for animal services prepared by the Toronto Animal Services Management Team, and by the Toronto Humane Society;
and requested that the Special Committee to Review the Recommendations of the Toronto Transition Team be so advised of the Board=s action in this respect.
(i) (February 11, 1998) from the Acting Medical Officer of Health regarding the Business Plan for Toronto Animal Services for 1998-99;
(ii) (February 20, 1998) from Jack Slibar, Chief Operating Officer, Toronto Humane Society;
(iii) (February 23, 1998) from Liz White, Director, Animal Alliance of Canada; Barry Kent MacKay, International Programme Director, Animal Protection Institute; and Rob Laidlaw, Director, Zoocheck Canada Inc.
(A copy of the report AAnimal Services in the New Toronto - The Business Plan Years 1998 and 1999" prepared by the Toronto Animal Services Management Team was distributed to Members of Council and the Board of Health and a copy thereof is on file with the City Clerk.)
(d) Appointment of Medical Officer of Health.
The Board of Health reports having considered in camera, the matter of the appointment of the Medical Officer of Health. At the resumption of the public meeting, the Board requested appropriate City staff to prepare a confidential report on this matter for consideration at a special meeting of the Board of Health to be called during the week of March 2-6, 1998.
Respectfully submitted,
Councillor John Filion,
Chair
Toronto, February 23, 1998
Christine Archibald
Tel. (416) 392-7039
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