WHEREAS the Municipality of East Ferris is a member of the District of Nipissing Cassellholme and in accordance with Schedule 4 of the Long Term Care Homes Act, 2007 is the holder of a Board of Management Seat for the term of Council 2019 – 2022 with Terry Kelly as the representative to the Board of Management;
AND WHEREAS Al McDonald and Tanya Vrebosch of the City of North Bay and more recently Dean Backer from the Town of Mattawa have resigned from the Board of Management for reason of governance;
AND WHEREAS Terry Kelly has now submitted his resignation from the Board of Management of Cassellholme, Castle Arms and Castle Arms Living Management Assistance Corporation due to concerns with the corporation's governance including the fact that the recent “Open Letter from Cassellholme” was not approved by the Cassellholme Board of Management;
THEREFORE the Council of East Ferris accepts Councillor Kelly’s resignation and joins him in expressing disapproval of the “Open Letter from Cassellholme”. In particular we reject comments about municipalities dithering and it resulting in the addition of costs and also the statement that “it’s not about cost, it’s about priorities” when according to East Ferris it is about both. It is unacceptable for Cassellholme to state that it has been working with all nine municipalities when in fact in recent months it opted to levy its partners and issue the “Open Letter.” For these reasons and in particular for management behavior that has led to seasoned Councillor Terry Kelly having to step down from the Board of Management, we request an apology;
AND THAT the Council of the Municipality of East Ferris will name a replacement member to sit on Cassellholme Board of Management at a later date;
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that this resolution be forwarded to the Ministry of Long Term Care, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, our Member of Provincial Parliament, all our Member Municipalities and the Cassellholme Board of Management.