Emergency Services Committee Meeting

in alignment with advocacy efforts by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs, the City of Greater Sudbury advocates for the provincial government to introduce legislative measures to formalize community paramedicine, and to provide full and sustained provincial funding to municipalities for community paramedicine programs; AND THAT a letter from the Mayor on behalf of Council, along with a copy of the report from the General Manager of Community Safety, entitled “Provincial Policy Framework for Community Paramedicine”, presented to the Emergency Services Committee meeting on June 22, 2022, be sent to the Minister of Health, Minister of Long-Term Care, and Sudbury Members of Provincial Parliament for their information and consideration.

the resolution be amended to include the following wording at the end of the resolution: AND FURTHER THAT the business case indicates future staffing increase outlook for 2024 and 2025.

Amended: WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury’s Council approved Response Time Performance Plan for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in six minutes or less has been set at 70%; AND WHEREAS the Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services has not met the Council approved Response Time Performance Plan for Sudden Cardiac Arrest calls for the past three years; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED t hat the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to create a business case for consideration during the 2023 Budget process for additional funding for two 12-hour, seven days a week ambulances, as outlined in the report entitled “Paramedic Services Response Time Standard Plan”, from the General Manager of Community Safety, as presented at the Emergency Services Committee meeting on June 22, 2022; AND FURTHER THAT the business case indicates future staffing increase outlook for 2024 and 2025.

THAT in alignment with advocacy efforts by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Ontario Association of Paramedic Chiefs, the City of Greater Sudbury advocates for the provincial government to introduce legislative measures to formalize community paramedicine, and to provide full and sustained provincial funding to municipalities for community paramedicine programs; AND THAT a letter from the Mayor on behalf of Council, along with a copy of the report from the General Manager of Community Safety, entitled “Provincial Policy Framework for Community Paramedicine”, presented to the Emergency Services Committee meeting on June 22, 2022, be sent to the Minister of Health, Minister of Long-Term Care, and Sudbury Members of Provincial Parliament for their information and consideration.

THAT the resolution be amended to include the following wording at the end of the resolution: AND FURTHER THAT the business case indicates future staffing increase outlook for 2024 and 2025.

As Amended: WHEREAS the City of Greater Sudbury’s Council approved Response Time Performance Plan for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in six minutes or less has been set at 70%; AND WHEREAS the Greater Sudbury Paramedic Services has not met the Council approved Response Time Performance Plan for Sudden Cardiac Arrest calls for the past three years; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Greater Sudbury directs staff to create a business case for consideration during the 2023 Budget process for additional funding for two 12-hour, seven days a week ambulances, as outlined in the report entitled “Paramedic Services Response Time Standard Plan”, from the General Manager of Community Safety, as presented at the Emergency Services Committee meeting on June 22, 2022; AND FURTHER THAT the business case indicates future staffing increase outlook for 2024 and 2025.