THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA
PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
FINAL AGENDA

PHSSC 2-2021

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

1:00 P.m. - 2:00 P.m.

Meeting will be held by electronic participation only

This electronic meeting can be viewed on Niagara Region's Website at:

https://www.niagararegion.ca/government/council/

Due to efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and to protect all individuals, the Council Chamber at Regional Headquarters will not be open to the public to attend Committee meetings until further notice.  To view live stream meeting proceedings, visit: niagararegion.ca/government/council 

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1.

CALL TO ORDER

2.

DISCLOSURES OF PECUNIARY INTEREST

3.

PRESENTATIONS

4.

DELEGATIONS

4.1

Request for Declaration of State of Emergency for Mental Health, Homelessness and Addiction - Additional Correspondence (COM-C 4-2021 (Agenda Item 6.4))

4.1.1

Steven Soos, Resident, City of Welland and Wayne Campbell, Resident, City of Niagara Falls

The delegation submission is attached to this agenda item as COM-C 5-2021.

5.

ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION

5.1

COM-C 8-2021

Motion from Councillor Insinna respecting Homelessness, Mental Health and Addiction in Niagara

5.2

PHD 1-2021

Collaborative Action to Prevent COVID-19 Transmission and Improve Health Equity by Increasing Access to Paid Sick Days

6.

CONSENT ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

6.1

PHD-C 3-2021

COVID-19 Response and Business Continuity in Public Health & Emergency Services

6.2

COM-C 3-2021

COVID-19 Response and Business Continuity in Community Services

6.3

COM-C 4-2021

Request for Declaration of State of Emergency for Mental Health, Homelessness and Addiction - Additional Correspondence

6.4

COM-C 6-2021

Improving the Long-Term Care Outbreak Response in Ontario – Association of Municipalities of Ontario's (AMO) Final Submission to the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission

6.5

PHD-C 2-2021

Niagara Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Temporary Funded Opportunities

6.6

COM-C 7-2021

Responding to an Information Enquiry Regarding a Community Request for the Region to Declare a State of Emergency on Mental Health, Homelessness, and Addiction

6.7

PHD-C 4-2021

Considerations & Context Regarding Declaration of a State of Emergency

7.

OTHER BUSINESS

7.1

Social Services Relief Funding Phase 2 Holdback Fund Update

Cathy Cousins, Director, Homelessness and Community Engagement

8.

NEXT MEETING

​The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. 

9.

ADJOURNMENT