Board of Health agenda: - Opioid Emergency Response - 2023 Hamilton Public Health Service Plan submission to Province - Annual Air Quality Report - Delegations on opioids, consumption treatment site (safe injection site), vaccination policy. YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=kUkSEI…
Kayla Hagerty delegates saying the City needs to declare a state of emergency on opioids. Now is the time for action, people are dying. Hagerty's father died as the result of an overdose, she says action is need before more families are left grieving deaths.
Daniel Freiheit (@LionAdvocacy) says Council needs to drop its mandatory vaccination policy for new employees. That the City needs to rebuild trust after the pandemic. A lawyer by profession, he does not agree with the City’s mandatory COVID vaccination policy for new employees.
Jean L Fair, a Stinson resident, is speaking about concerns about having a consumption treatment site at 746 Barton St E. Says having public consultation after approval does not build trust. "What steps will you take to protect the locals?" she asks.
Fair is outlying concerns about the number of social services in Ward 3 and moving to Ward 3. She says the rights and concerns of residents of Ward 3 are being ignoring.
Ward 3 Clr Nrinder Nann (@NrinderWard3) asks if Fair has reviewed the 1200 names on the petition. Nann says many duplicates, people without addresses or postal code provided. Fair responds that Hamilton needs a policy for petitions so people know what is required.
The annual Clean Air Hamilton air quality report is now being presented to Council. Clean Air Hamilton Chair Dr. Bruce Newbold, Ph.D., is presenting. mira.mcmaster.ca/team/bio/bruce…
Council now debating the practicality of declaring a State of Emergency regarding the opioid crisis. Staff report notes declaring a State of Emergency will not unlock any provincial funding or support. #yhmcc
Ward 9 Clr Brad Clark says he is frustrated that Niagara Region declared a State of Emergency, meanwhile, Hamilton staff do not recommend a state of emergency. "I'm frustrated, I don't want to just hear the bureaucratic approach" Says Emergency will be issue "front and centre"
Ward 9 Clr Brad Clark will move for a declaration of State of Emergency under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.
Staff note: "In Ontario, financial assistance for emergencies to cover extraordinary costs after a disaster ... is conditional on municipal costs totalling at least three per cent of the municipality’s tax levy ... is very specific to natural disasters"
UPDATE: Clark will bring his motions forth at this Thursday's Emergency and Community Services meeting - not moving today at Board of Health. #yhmcc