Minutes of the Meeting - 02/26/2026

Board of Health Meeting for Northeastern Public Health

Held on February 26, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. – Microsoft Teams

1.0 Roll Call

Municipal Members:

• Michelle Boileau – City of Timmins
• Mark Wilson – Temiskaming Shores
• Andrew Marks – City of Timmins
• Jeff Laferriere – Temiskaming Shores
• Carol Lowery – Rural South: Armstrong, Brethour, Casey, Cobalt, Coleman, Harley, Harris, Hilliard, Hudson, Kerns, Latchford, Temagami, Thornloe
• Paul Kelly – Rural Central South: Charlton & Dack, Chamberlain, Englehart, Evanturel, Gauthier, James, Larder Lake, McGarry, Matachewan
• Gary Fortin – Kapuskasing
• Peter Politis – Cochrane, Smooth Rock Falls
• Savion Nakogee – Rural Far North: Moosonee, James Bay and Hudson Bay region
• Marc Dupuis – Rural North: Fauquier-Strickland, Hornepayne, Hearst, Mattice-Val Côté, Moonbeam, Opasatika, Val Rita-Harty
• Curtis Arthur – Provincial Appointee
• Todd Steis – Provincial Appointee
• Tory Delaurier – Rural Central North: Iroquois Falls, Black River Matheson
• Suzanne Perras – Provincial Appointee
• Rock Whissell – City of Timmins
• Cindy Campbell – Provincial Appointee
• Casey Owens – Kirkland Lake
• David Lowe – Provincial Appointee

NEPH Executive:

• Dr. Ian Gemmill – Acting Medical Officer of Health (arrived at 4:22 p.m.)
• Rosa Montico-Reimer – Interim Chief Executive Officer & Director of Finance
• Randy Winters – Director of Corporate Services

Recorder:

• Lori McCord – Executive Assistant

Regrets:

None

1.1 Call To Order

Chair Boileau called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.

1.2 Approval of Agenda

1.3 Declaration of Pecuniary Interest and General Nature

None declared.

2.0 Closed Session

The Board went into a closed session at 4:05 pm. as outlined in the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001, c.25, s 239 2 (b) personal matters about an identifiable individual, including Board employees (d) labour relations or employee negotiation – Acting Medical Officer of Health.

The Board of Health rose from the closed session at 4:22p.m.

3.0 Previous Minutes

3.1 NEPH Board of Health Minutes – January 29, 2029

4.0 Agenda Items for information, Discussion, Decision

4.1 Board of Health Executive Report

4.1.1 Board of Health Executive Recruitment Update

For information purposes Chair Boileau advised that Executive Recruitment Committee met with the Executive search firm. The meeting informed and defined the profile to assist with identifying potential candidates. The firm will begin research with a report forthcoming of potential candidates to the Executive Recruitment committee in 6 – 8 weeks. The Board was advised that there have been no applications to the posting previously shared.

4.2 Board Member Attendance to Workshops/Conferences

4.2.1 Association of Local Public Health Agencies Conference Update

The Association of Local Public Health Agencies Winter Symposium was held virtually February 11 – 13th. Sue Perras reported that the conference was once again an excellent opportunity to connect, participate and learn. Ms. Perras shared that updates were received from Public Health Ontario and Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health. A key highlight of the conference included a session on local public health mergers with guest speakers Chair Boileau and Dr. Catton.

5.0 Acting Medical Officer of Health

Dr. Gemmill provided an update on the organization and shared recent highlights of services and programs. The enclosed presentation summarizes the main points shared for information purposes. Chair Boileau thanked Dr. Gemmill for his report.

6.0 Chief Executive Officer Report

Rosa Montico-Reimer, Interim CEO and Director of Finance provided an update on the organization and shared recent I.T. and finance highlights. The enclosed presentation summarizes the main points shared for information purposes. Chair Boileau thanked Ms. Montico-Reimer for her report.

7.0 Director of Corporate Services Report

Randy Winters, Director of Corporate Services provided an update on the organization and shared recent corporate and human resources highlights including a staffing summary. The enclosed presentation summarizes the main points shared for information purposes. Chair Boileau thanked Mr. Winters for his report.

8.0 Correspondence

The correspondence was received for information purposes.

9.0 Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the Board of Health will be held on March 26, 2026, at 4:00 p.m.

10.0 Adjournment