CCRHD Board Highlights - Feb 8th mtg

Present: Chair B. Simpson/Vice-Chair A. Richmond; Directors M. Sjostrom. B. Bachmeier, J. Massier, S. Forseth, A. Delainey, J. Sorley, M. Wagner, J. Glassford, G. Kirby, C. Mernett (9:34am), W. Macdonald, G. Fourchalk, M. Campsall and S. Watson

Meeting called to order at 9:30am

Meeting Agenda adopted
Minutes of the CCRHD Board Meeting held on January 18th, 2019 were received/adopted

The Board received the Memorandum of Business - Delegations, as of Feb 8th, 2019

Business:

1) The Board gave 1st, 2nd, 3rd Readings and Adoption to the following CCRHD Capital Expenditures Bylaws:

a) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure - CT Scanner (Cariboo Memorial Hospital) Amendment Bylaw No. 117(1), 2019
b) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure (100 Mile District General Hospital – Admitting/Triage Patient Area Renovation) Amendment Bylaw No. 137(1), 2019

c) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure (Cariboo Memorial Hospital Triage/Waiting Room Renovation) Bylaw No. 153, 2019

d) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure (100 Mile District General Hospital Access Control System Upgrade) Bylaw No. 154, 2019

e) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure (100 Mile District General Hospital/South Cariboo Health Centre Staff Duress System) Bylaw No. 155, 2019

f) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure (Interior Health IMIT Project) Bylaw No. 156, 2019

g) Cariboo Chilcotin Regional Hospital District Capital Expenditure (Interior Health Laboratory Middleware) Bylaw No. 157, 2019

Meeting recessed at 9:38am
Meeting resumed at 11:07am

Delegation:

Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, Medical Health Officer for Interior Health, Amanda Lavigne, Substance Use Practice Lead, and Alyshia Morgan, Manager of Mental Health and Substance Use in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, appeared before the Board to discuss some of the public health implications and concerns about Cannabis legalization and harm reduction/opiod crisis response

A Question/Answer period ensued

The Chair, on behalf of the Board, thanked the delegation for their time/information

The Board adjourned at 12:22pm