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Board of Health Members must indicate conflicts of interest pursuant to the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, RSO1990 Chapter M.50.
Each member of the Board of Health has the obligation to declare ethical, legal, financial or other conflicts of interest and to ensure that their activities and interests do not conflict with their obligations to the Board of Health of Southwestern Public Health or its welfare.
Where the interest of a member has not been disclosed as required by reason of the member’s absence from the meeting referred to therein, the member shall disclose the interest and otherwise comply with the requirements first set forth above at the first meeting of the Board attended by the member thereafter.
Every declaration of interest and the general nature thereof made by a Board member shall, where the meeting is open to the public, be recorded in the minutes of the meeting by the Recording Secretary. Where the meeting is not open to the public, every declaration of interest made by a Board member, but not the general nature of that interest shall be recorded in the minutes of the next meeting that is open to the public.
Bernia Martin
Meeting Type: Board of Health
Nature of Interest: I have a conflict with item 5.2 of the open agenda: governance standing committee Report for March 26, 2026. I have a direct conflict of interest on item 2.0 of the report: Board of Health remuneration policy due to the rare circumstances where the board chair may be required to dedicate significant time to a board matter, thus impacting my remuneration in the office of the chair.
Item: 2026- BOH-0326-5.2-2.0
Lee Rowden
Meeting Type: Board of Health Meeting
Nature of Interest: I recognize that I have a conflict of interest directly related to the decision regarding the endorsement of my own reappointment.
Item: 2024-BOH-0627-5.2.3
Davin Shinedling
Meeting Type: Board of Health Meeting
Nature of Interest: I recognize that I have a conflict of interest directly related to the decision regarding the endorsement of my own reappointment.
Item: 2024-BOH-0627-5.2.3
Lee Rowden
Meeting Type: Governance Standing Committee Meeting
Nature of Interest: The decision in item 5.1-2.1A relates to myself.
Item: 2024-GSC-0614-5.1-2.1B
Davin Shinedling
Meeting Type: Governance Standing Committee Meeting
Nature of Interest: The decision in item 5.1-2.1A relates to myself.
Item: 2024-GSC-0614-5.1-2.1A
Marcus Ryan
Meeting Type: Board of Health Meeting
Nature of Interest: As a member of the Oxford County Council, I am declaring my conflict regarding an item in the Chief Executive Officer’s Closed Session Report related to the matters of property.
Item: 2024-BOH-0425-C3.1-1.1
Bernia Martin
Meeting Type: Board of Health Meeting
Nature of Interest: As a member of the Oxford County Council, I am declaring my conflict regarding an item in the Chief Executive Officer’s Closed Session Report related to the matters of property.
Item: 2024-BOH-0425-C3.1-1.1
Bernia Martin
Meeting Type: Board of Health Meeting
Nature of Interest: I am declaring a conflict of interest concerning item 5.1-2.1, as the nomination directly pertains to myself.
Item: 2024-BOH-0425-5.1-2.1
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