PHSSC

That Report COM 23-2022, dated July 12, 2022, respecting Budget Adjustment - Seniors Services, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendation BE APPROVED: 1. That an adjustment to the previously adopted 2022 Regional Municipality of Niagara (Niagara Region) operating budget in the amount of $8,377,020, to be fully funded through the Ministry of Long- Term Care (MLTC), BE APPROVED.

That Report PHD 13-2022, dated July 12, 2022, respecting Impacts of Funding Shortfalls by the Provincial Government on Public Health and Emergency Services and Resulting Pressure on the Regional Levy for Adequate Service Delivery, BE RECEIVED and the following recommendations BE APPROVED: 1. That the Regional Chair BE DIRECTED to write to the Minister of Health, the Minister of Children, Youth and Social Services, and the Minister of Finance concerning: Public Health and Social Services Committee Open Session Minutes PHSSC 7-2022 July 12, 2022 Page 3 1.1 the growing gap in current provincial funding for Public Health and Emergency Medical Services; 1.2 the need for provincial funding to keep pace with costs, including inflation and service changes mandated by the province or in response to changing citizen needs; 1.3 the importance for Public Health and Emergency Medical Services to receive stable, predictable funding to prudently budget and plan services; 1.4 the need for all costs, including necessary indirect allocation expenses, to be eligible for reimbursement for 100% provincially- funded programs; and, 1.5 the necessity for additional opportunities to be made available for Public Health to request additional recovery funding in order to ensure preventive health work unable to be completed during the COVID-19 pandemic can be completed expeditiously before the health of residents suffers further; and 2. That the Regional Chair’s Correspondence BE CIRCULATED to local Memb

That Report PHD 9-2022, dated July 12, 2022, respecting Niagara Emergency Medical Services - Taxi Service Pilot Project Update, BE RECEIVED for information.

That the following items BE RECEIVED for information: PHD-C 5-2022 Divestment of Niagara Region Mental Health’s Telemedicine Service and Reallocation of Resources CWCD 2022-164 Update on Monkeypox Preparedness in Niagara

That Confidential Memorandum COM-C 10-2022, dated July 12, 2022, respecting A Matter respecting a Proposed or Pending Acquisition or Disposition of Land by the Municipality under s. 239(2)(c) of the Municipal Act, 2001 - Niagara Regional Housing Acquisition of Property in the City of Niagara Falls (Confidential Report NRH 5-2022), BE RECEIVED and the recommendations contained therein BE APPROVED.