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NOTICE OF MEETING
COMOX STRATHCONA REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Civic Room of the Comox Valley Regional District offices located at 770 Harmston Avenue, Courtenay, BC commencing at 9:30 am.

The chair of the board will preside over the meeting according to the CSRHD procedure bylaw. This meeting may include participation by members of the board via electronic communication.

This meeting is not meant for general public input. If members of the public wish to speak at a meeting, they should contact the CVRD Legislative Services Department to request to appear as a delegation. Live webcasts and recordings are available at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/minutes-agendas

In the event of an emergency the public gathering place is the parking lot outside the Civic Room.
 
 
AGENDA
 
    Section Who Votes How Vote Counted
   
A. RECOGNITION OF TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES:
B. IN-CAMERA MEETING:
C. ADOPTION OF MINUTES:
Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District Board minutes dated March 24, 2022 for adoption. [Item] 
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
D. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES:
E. PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS:
F. REPORTS:
1) FUNDING TO ADDITIONAL NAMED FACILITIES
 
Report dated August 31, 2022 recommending that Island Health and the Minister of Health proceed with naming additional rural and remote health care clinics/facilities in order to provide annual grant funding for receipt. [Item] 
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
Recommendation
 
THAT the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District (CSRHD) Board of Directors request Island Health and the Minister of Health to proceed with naming additional rural and remote health care clinics and centres as health facilities as noted in the staff report dated August 31, 2022, subject to confirmation that the clinics and centres agree to the funding;

AND FURTHER THAT the CSRHD Financial Planning Policy be updated to reflect the additional rural and remote health care clinics and facilities noted in the staff report dated August 31, 2022;

AND FINALLY THAT the 2022 CSRHD budget be amended to authorize the $10,000 grants to each location, upon being named as a health facility, by reducing the contribution to the funds for future expenditures reserve in the operating budget by $100,000, from $1,956,215 to $1,856,215, to facilitate a corresponding increase in transfers to capital coupled by an increase in transfers from general in the capital budget by $100,000, from $1,910,000 to $2,010,000, to be offset by a corresponding increase in global grants funded by operating.
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
2) UPDATE TO COMOX STRATHCONA REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT'S SIGNING AUTHORITIES
 
Report dated August 30, 2022 regarding a proposal for a minor amendment to the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District’s financial signing authorities in order to reflect a recent change in the organizational structure for receipt. [Item] 
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
Recommendation
 
THAT the following positions be appointed financial signing authorities for the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District and that any two of the following be authorized to sign: Chair, Vice-Chair, Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer, General Manager of Corporate Services, Manager of Financial Planning, and Manager of Financial Operations.
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
3) LONG TERM CARE FACILITY ADVOCACY
 
Report dated September 2, 2022, regarding long term care facility advocacy for receipt. [Item] 
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
4) CSRHD MANAGEMENT REPORT
 
CSRHD Board management report dated August 24, 2022 for receipt. [Item] 
HDA (9)All1 person/1 vote
 
G. BYLAWS AND RESOLUTIONS:
H. NEW BUSINESS:
I. ADDENDUM - UPON APPROVAL OF THE BOARD:
J. MEDIA QUESTIONS:
K. TERMINATION:
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