MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE KOOTENAY EAST REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT HELD AT THE REGIONAL DISTRICT OF EAST KOOTENAY OFFICE AT 19 - 24TH AVENUE SOUTH CRANBROOK BC ON FRIDAY JUNE 8, 2007

PRESENT: Chair Scott Manjak City of Cranbrook Vice Chair Randal Macnair City of Fernie Regional District of East Kootenay Director Mike Sosnowski RDEK Electoral Area A Director Heath Slee RDEK Electoral Area B Director Rob Gay RDEK Electoral Area C Director Norman Walter RDEK Electoral Area E Director Klara Trescher RDEK Electoral Area G Regional District of Central Kootenay Director Tom Mann RDCK Electoral Area C Regional District of Columbia Shuswap Director Ron Oszust CSRD Electoral Area A (by teleconference) Municipalities Director Ute Juras Village of Canal Flats Director Ross Priest City of Cranbrook Director Joe Snopek Town of Creston Director Dean McKerracher District of Elkford Director Mark Shmigelsky District of Director Jim Ogilvie City of Kimberley Director Greg Deck Village of Radium Hot Springs Director David Wilks District of

ABSENT: Director Lillian Rose RDEK Electoral Area F Director Verna Mayers-McKenzie RDCK Electoral Area A Director John Kettle RDCK Electoral Area B Director Magnus Magnusson Town of Golden

STAFF: Lee-Ann Crane Chief Administrative Officer Shawn Tomlin Chief Financial Officer Merle Fellows Executive Assistant (Recording) Shannon Moskal Deputy Manager of Administration

Chair Manjak called the meeting to order at 11:00 am.

MINUTES

895 MOVED by Director Wilks Minutes SECONDED by Director Walter

THAT the Minutes listed under Item 1 of the agenda be adopted as recorded. CARRIED

DELEGATIONS 896 MOVED by Director McKerracher Delegations SECONDED by Director Walter

THAT the following delegation be authorized to address the Board: 2.1 Dave Brooks, Superintendent – East Kootenay, Ambulance Service re Current Level of Service in the Region. 2.2 Allan Sinclair, COO, and Matt Himmelman, Business Support Director, Interior Health re Update. 2.3 Don Simpson, BDO Dunwoody re 2006 KERHD and EKRHD Audited Financial Statements. CARRIED DELEGATIONS (Continued)

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Dave Brooks, Superintendent, BCAS Interior, British Columbia Ambulance Service, presented an overview of the BC Ambulance Service program for the East Kootenay region noting that the area includes Golden and Creston. He provided information on staffing levels and qualifications, stand-by criteria, as well as statistics on pre-hospital events, and patient transfers including air transport. Mr. Brooks also advised that dispatching has been centralized out of Kamloops since 1986. He noted that ambulance service in the area has improved with a 60% budget increase, an increase to hours of emergency service, and that average response times have improved by 32%.

Matt Himmelman, Business Support Director, and Allan Sinclair, COO, EKHSA, Interior Health, provided an update on Interior Health activities and projects throughout the region, including information on funded and non-funded projects.

Don Simpson, CA, Senior Manager, BDO Dunwoody, presented the EKRHD and the KERHD Audited Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2006.

COMMUNICATIONS

897 MOVED by Director Slee Communications SECONDED by Director Gay

THAT all Communications listed under Item 3 of the Agenda be received. CARRIED

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

898 MOVED by Director Snopek MOH / Ambulance SECONDED by Director Shmigelsky Service THAT the May 3, 2007 letter from the Minister of Health regarding ambulance services in the East Kootenay, be received. CARRIED

899 MOVED by Director Trescher Cancelled Surgeries / SECONDED by Director Snopek Diverted Ambulances THAT the April 27, 2007 letter from Allan Sinclair, Chief Operating Officer, East Kootenay Health Service Area, providing information on cancelled surgeries and diverted ambulances, be received. CARRIED

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NEW BUSINESS

900 MOVED by Director McKerracher Agreement / Health Connections SECONDED by Director Wilks BC Partnership THAT the Chair and CAO be authorized to sign the Health Connections BC Partnership Agreement. CARRIED

901 MOVED by Director Walter KERHD Audited SECONDED by Director Gay Financial Statements THAT the KERHD Audited Financial Statements for the period ending December 31, 2006 be accepted. CARRIED

EAST KOOTENAY REGIONAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT

902 MOVED by Director Trescher EKRHD Audited SECONDED by Director Slee Financial Statements THAT the EKRHD Audited Financial Statements for the period ending December 31, 2006 be accepted. CARRIED

The meeting adjourned at 12:12 pm.

CERTIFIED CORRECT

______Chair Scott Manjak Lee-Ann Crane Manager of Administration