1ST REPORT OF THE
CHILDCARE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Meeting
held on February
25, 2016, commencing at 1:30 PM, in Committee Room #4, Second
Floor, London City Hall.
PRESENT: D. Gordon (Chair), T. Blaney,
S. Carter, N. Elhayek, B. Jackson, J. Keens,
S. McKee, A. Ryan, C. Wagg
and J. Martin (Committee Secretary).
ABSENT: J. Rinker.
ALSO PRESENT: E. De Freitas,
J. Haveman and A. Rae.
I.
CALL TO ORDER
1.
Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest
That it BE NOTED
that no pecuniary interests were disclosed.
II.
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
2.
Election of Chair and
Vice-Chair for term ending November 30,
2016
That it BE NOTED that the Childcare
Advisory Committee elected D. Gordon as its Chair and J. Keens as its Vice Chair for
the term ending November 30, 2016.
III.
SCHEDULED ITEMS
None.
IV.
CONSENT ITEMS
3.
3rd Report of the Child Care
Advisory Committee
That it BE NOTED that the 3rd Report of the Child Care Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on
October 29, 2015 was received.
4.
Child Care Updates
That it BE
NOTED that the following
updates were received:
a)
a verbal update and the
attached Child Subsidy application and placement
stats from A. Rae, Manager,
City of London;
b)
the attached update from H. Gerrits, Thames Valley District School
Board;
c)
the attached
update from T. Sulowski,
London District Catholic School Board;
d)
a verbal update from B. Jackson, Partners, with respect to marketing
and regulatory changes;
and,
e)
a verbal update from J. Keens, with
respect to licensed home childcare.
V.
SUB-COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS
5.
Adopt a Councillor/TrusteeSub-committee
That it BE NOTED that a verbal
update from D. Gordon
and S. McKee with respect to the Adopt-a-Councillor Initiative was received; it being noted that the Childcare
Advisory Committee will proceed
to extend invitations to Municipal
Council and School
Board Trustees to tour childcare and early years programs
in their wards between
May
and October 2016.