The purpose of this report is to request a budget adjustment to Toronto Public Health’s (TPH) 2009 Operating Budget.  This adjustment reflects 100 per cent funding from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Emergency Operations Centre, for the reimbursement of extraordinary costs to implement flu assessment centres, as part of the City’s response to the second wave of H1N1 in fall of 2009.

Toronto Public Health implemented five flu assessment centres in partnership with other health service organizations in the city i.e. hospitals, family health teams and community health centres.  The flu assessment centres provided temporary relief for hospital emergency room services and primary care, offering alternate point of care access for patients who required influenza assessment, treatment and referral in accordance with the planning and response principles outlined in the Ontario Health Plan for an Influenza Pandemic (OHPIP) and the Toronto Public Health Plan for an Influenza Pandemic (TPHPIP).

City Council on January 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council approve an increase of $165.0 thousand gross and $0.0 net to Toronto Public Health’s 2010 Operating Budget to reflect confirmed 2010 funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the lead agency for Coalitions Linking Action and Science Prevention (CLASP) funding.

2.         City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to award, execute and amend a Purchase of Service contract with Urban Design 4 Health, Inc. for research services on the Built Environment and Health Project.

The Board of Health recommends that:

1.         City Council approve an increase of $165.0 thousand gross and $0.0 net to Toronto Public Health’s 2010 Operating Budget to reflect confirmed 2010 funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the lead agency for Coalitions Linking Action and Science Prevention (CLASP) funding.

2.         City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to award, execute and amend Purchase of Service contracts with Dr. Larry Frank of the University of British Columbia, and Dr. Mary Thompson of the University of Waterloo for research services on the Built Environment and Health Project.

City Council on January 26 and 27, 2010, adopted the following:

1.         City Council approve an increase of $93.0 thousand gross and $0.0 net to Toronto Public Health’s 2010 Operating Budget to reflect confirmed 2010 funding from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, the lead agency for disbursing Natural Resources Canada funding to members of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative.

2.         City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to award, execute, and amend Purchase of Service contracts with Dr. Claus Rinner of Ryerson University, Dianne Patychuk of Steps to Equity, and Dr. Kate Bassil of Simon Fraser University for research and geospatial analysis services on the heat vulnerability mapping project.

The Board of Health recommends that:

1.         City Council approve an increase of $93.0 thousand gross and $0.0 net to Toronto Public Health’s 2010 Operating Budget to reflect confirmed 2010 funding from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, the lead agency for disbursing Natural Resources Canada funding to members of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative.

2.         City Council authorize the Medical Officer of Health to award, execute, and amend Purchase of Service contracts with Dr. Claus Rinner of Ryerson University, Dianne Patychuk of Steps to Equity, and Dr. Kate Bassil of Simon Fraser University for research and geospatial analysis services on the heat vulnerability mapping project.