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MINUTES
OF JOINT SERVICES
STEERING
COMMITTEE
MAY
14, 2009
GENERAL
COMMITTEE ROOM
CITY
HALL
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Councillor
J. Murray Jones called the meeting to order at 3:47 p.m. in the General
Committee Room, City Hall.
Present:
Warden Ron Gerow, County of Peterborough
Councillor J. Murray Jones, County of
Peterborough, Chair
Councillor Thomas Flynn, County of
Peterborough
Mayor Paul Ayotte, City of
Peterborough
Councillor Eric Martin, City of
Peterborough
Councillor Henry Clarke, City of Peterborough
Staff:
Gary King, Chief
Administrative Officer, County of Peterborough
Chris Bradley,
Director of Public Works, County of Peterborough
Linda Hutchinson,
Director of Finance/Treasurer, County of Peterborough
Bob English, Chief of
Emergency Medical Services, County of Peterborough
Brian Horton, Senior
Director of Corporate Services and Deputy CAO, City of Peterborough
Ken Doherty, Director of Community
Services, City of Peterborough
Linda Mitchelson,
Manager, Social Services, City of Peterborough
Susan Bacque, Manager,
Housing Division, City of Peterborough
Carolyn Hagg,
Financial Analyst, City of Peterborough
Nancy Wright-Laking,
City Clerk, City of Peterborough
Regrets:
Councillor Brian Fallis, County of
Peterborough
Councillor Doug Peacock, City of
Peterborough
Linda Reed, Chief
Administrative Officer, City of Peterborough
Approval of the Agenda
Moved by Councillor
Mayor Clarke, seconded by Warden Gerow
That the agenda be
approved.
"CARRIED"
Minutes of Meeting of
March 12, 2009
Moved by Mayor Ayotte,
seconded by Councillor Clarke
That the minutes of the meeting of March 12, 2009, be
approved as amended.
"CARRIED"
Minutes for
Information
Moved by Councillor
Clarke, seconded by Councillor Martin
That the AHAC (Affordable
Housing Action Committee) minutes of February 10, 2009 and March 10, 2009, be
received as presented.
"CARRIED"
Consent Agenda
Moved by Councillor
Clarke, seconded
by Warden Gerow
That Items 5 and 6 be
received as part of the consent agenda.
“CARRIED”
That the Joint Services Steering
Committee endorse the recommendation outlined in Report CSSSJSSC09-007 dated
May 14, 2009, of the Director of Community Services, as follows:
That the Social Services Statistical
Report be received for information.
Report CSSSJSSC09-009
Hostel and Housing Programs for Women at
Cameron House
Ken Doherty, Director of Community Services,
City of Peterborough
That the Joint Services Committee endorse the recommendations
outlined in Report CSSSJSSC09-009, dated May 14, 2009, of the Director of
Community Services, as follows:
a) That a by-law be passed authorizing
the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a service contract with Brock Mission
for the operation of Cameron House Semi- Independent Living Program from June
1, 2009 to December 31, 2011 for $50,000 in 2009 and $74,000 annually in 2010
and 2011, funded by the 100% provincial government Consolidated Homelessness
Prevention Program (CHPP);
b) That
a by-law be passed authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a service
contract with Brock Mission for the operation of a 10-bed hostel for single
women over 24 years of age, to be funded under the Ontario Works Hostel
program from June 1,
2009 to December 31, 2012 at the current municipal rate as set through the
municipal budget process;
c) That staff continue the
review of priority needs related to homelessness and bring forward a future
report to recommend an allocation of the remaining Provincial Consolidated
Homelessness Prevention Program allocation, $95,535 in 2009, and $71,353 in
2010 and 2011.
"CARRIED"
Report CSSSJSSC09-006
Social Assistance
Restructuring Reinvestment Program
Ken Doherty, Director
of Community Services, City of Peterborough
Moved by Councillor
Clarke, seconded by Warden Gerow
That this item be referred to staff for review and it
return to the next meeting of the Joint Services Steering Committee.
“CARRIED”
H1N1 Influenza Update
Bob English, Chief, Emergency Medical
Services, County of Peterborough
That pandemic supplies are purchased as
needed and that reconciliation is prepared at year end to determine if a
funding transfer is required from the City/County Reserve; and further, that
the remaining balance of pandemic supplies is inventoried at December 31, 2009
and that a payback amount, if any, to the City/County shared reserve be
determined for the 2010 and future budgets, if deemed necessary.
"CARRIED"
Correspondence from
County of Peterborough to Minister of Health and Long Term CareStatus
Update Regarding
County & City of PeterboroughOff-Load Nurse Program and Request for Review
of Funding
Gary King, Chief
Administrative Officer, County of Peterborough
That the
correspondence from the County of Peterborough to the Honourable David Caplan,
Minister of Health and Long Term Care, providing an update on the Off-Load
Nurse program and request for funding, be received for information and that
JSSC support the County position on this matter. A letter be prepared from
JSSC to the Hospital Administrator and copied to the Peterborough Regional
Health Centre Board of Directors and MPP Jeff Leal outlining the Committees
serious concerns with the current status of the Off-Load Nurse Program.
"CARRIED"
It was requested that
the letter, in draft, be circulated to JSSC members prior to issuance.
Other Business
Gary King provided to
the Committee with background information in respect to the reasons for the EMS
surplus.
Moved by Councillor Clark, seconded by
Warden Gerow
That the report provided by Gary King be received.
“CARRIED
Next Meeting
The next meeting of
the Committee is scheduled for September 10, 2009
Adjournment
That the Joint Services Steering Committee
adjourn at 4:45 p.m.
"CARRIED"
Nancy Wright-Laking
City Clerk
Councillor J. Murray
Jones, Chairman
Joint Services Steering
Committee