Safe  Communities  Wellington  County  Leadership  Table  Meeting    Centre  Wellington  OPP  Detachment  

9:30  a.m.  June  21,  2017      

In  Attendance    Gregg  Davidson,  Wellington  County  Council,  Co-­‐Chair  Stephen  Dewar,  Guelph  Wellington  Paramedic  Service  Mary  Lloyd,  C.W.  Township  Councillor  Sandy  Parkinson,  Suicide  Awareness  Council  Barbara  Lustgarten  Evoy,  Parenting  CW,  UGDSB  Trustee  Gabby  Ieropolli,  Mount  Forest  Family  Health  Team  Heather  Lawson,  Wellington  County,  Emergency  Management  Jim  Petrik,  Deputy  Chief  Guelph-­‐Eramosa  Fire  Department  Julie  Kerkhof,  Upper  Grand  Family  Health  Team  Bob  McArthur,  New  Growth  Family  Clinic/Wellington  North  Safe  Communities    Allen  Welke,  Erin  Safe  Communities  Christine  Veit,  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County      1. Call  to  Order  –  Co-­‐Chair  Gregg  Davidson  called  the  meeting  to  order  at  9:36  am.  2. Approval  of  Minutes  –  May  17,  2017  -­‐  It  was  Moved  by  Mary  Lloyd  and  Seconded  by  Barb  Evoy  that  the  minutes  of  the  meeting  held  May  17,  2017  be  approved.  CARRIED    

3. Business  Arising  from  Minutes  I. Safe  Communities  Day  

(1) Safe  Communities  is  happening  on  Thursday,  October  5,  2017  at  the  Royal  Distributing  Athletic  Performance  Centre  from  10:00  am  to  2:00  pm.    Our  goal  is  to  receive  600  students  from  Upper  Grand  District  School  Board  and  Wellington  Catholic  District  School  Board.  

(2) We  are  submitting  a  grant  through  the  MTO  to  fund  Safe  Communities  Day  (3) We  are  inviting  all  of  the  participants  from  last  year,  we  may  invite  more.  (4) Jim  Petirk  to  look  into  securing  the  interactive  unit  from  Fire  Services  to  use  on  

Safe  Communities  Day    (5) More  updates  to  come  at  the  September  20  meeting.    

II. Crossover  legislation  update  

   

I. Christine,  Gregg,  and  Heather  have  completed  delegating  each  municipal  council  regarding  the  new  legislation  and  what  Safe  Communities  WC  is  proposing  to  increase  the  safety  of  Wellington  County’s  Vulnerable  Road  users.        

II. We  delegated  the  Town  of  Minto,  Township  of  Wellington  North,  Town  of  Erin,  Guelph/Eramosa  Township,  Township  of  Centre  Wellington,  and  the  Township  of  Mapleton.    

III. Currently  waiting  on  the  decisions  each  municipality  will  be  making,  along  with  clarification  from  Wellington  County.  

IV. Will  there  be  public  Education?    Yes,  once  all  the  line  paintings  occur,  we  will  be  working  with  the  MVC  PAG  in  educating  throughout  Wellington  County    

III. Safe  Kids  Week  –  June  5,  2017  to  June  11,  2017  I. Everything  went  amazing,  thanks  to  the  great  staff  working  at  all  of  the  Wellington  

County  library  Branches.    There  were  a  lot  of  creative  ideas  in  promoting  Safe  Kids  Week  by  the  branches.  

II. Kids  had  the  opportunity  to  win  bells  and  lights  at  each  branch  for  submitting  their  Safe  Kids  Week  Quiz  teaching  them  about  bicycle  safety.  

III. 128  kids  attended  programming,  including  6  teenagers  and  parents  totalling  202.    150  Quizzes  were  returned,  but  more  were  distributed.  (1) Suggestions  to  partner  with  Firefighters,  EMS  and  Police  to  attend  programming.    

It  was  a  huge  draw  at  branches  that  made  this  available.  (2) Find  out  as  much  information  from  Parachute  at  an  earlier  date  to  ensure  the  

information  is  relayed  in  a  timely  fashion    (3) The  Quizzes  were  great,  but  we  need  to  be  clear  on  the  dates  that  the  quizzes  

will  be  accepted  at  the  libraries.    Some  Quizzes  were  brought  in  too  early  and  receptacles  were  not  in  place.  

 IV. Social  Media  Tutorial  –  Postponed  

 4. Reports  

Falls  PAG    

I. July  6,  2017  meeting  coming  up  II. No  update  at  this  time,  but  will  have  a  lot  to  talk  about  at  the  September  20th  

meeting.  

Motor  Vehicle  PAG    

I. Purchasing  bells  for  Safe  Communities  Day  

   

II. “What  Distracted  Driving  Means  to  Me”  Video  Contest.    Was  it  successful?    Yes.    21  videos  were  submitted  across  Wellington  County.  

III. The  contest  should  be  an  annual  contest  that  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County  Coordinates  –  The  reach  was  well  beyond  the  21  submissions.    On  average,  there  were  partners  and  most  of  the  videos  had  even  more  student  involvement.    Awareness  is  the  #1  reason  why  we  are  doing  this.  

IV. We  have  the  opportunity  to  promote  the  videos  at  events  and  on  social  media.  V. Centre  Wellington  District  High  School  had  the  most  submissions,  because  Jose  

Martinez  made  it  a  school  project.    The  quality  of  the  video’s  were  great!    Both  overall  winners  were  from  CWDHS.    Next  year,  we  need  to  talk  with  the  other  high  schools  to  see  if  we  can  get  the  video  in  the  curriculum.  

VI. Do  we  open  up  2017/2018  to  everyone  in  the  County?  Between  the  ages  of  …?      VII. The  south  end  is  not  represented,  because  those  kids  go  to  Bishop  MacDonnell  and  

other  High  School’s  in  Guelph.        VIII. Do  we  include  elementary  schools?    Maybe  have  the  elementary  schools  vote  on  

videos  from  their  area?    Maybe  a  poster  contest?      Numbers  maybe  too  high  to  have  kids  watch  at  an  assembly…it  may  just  work  for  online  voting  at  the  high  school  level.    Pick  the  top  5  and  then  send  it  down  to  the  elementary  schools  

IX. Grade  8’s  were  part  of  Gabby’s  Youth  Group  –  they  were  interested  in  creating  a  video.  

X. Very  important  to  engage  the  elementary  and  middle  schools  within  Wellington  County.  

 

Intentional  Self  Harm  PAG    

I. Suicide  Awareness  Month  –  September  21  –  Melville  United  Church  –    7:00  to  9:00  –  Help,  Hope  and  Cope  -­‐  Stephen  Lewis  key  note  address  and  panel  discussion.    We  want  representation  on  the  panel  from  all  walks  of  life;  Education,  Faith,  Enforcement,  Parent,  Journey,  etc.  

II. For  Safe  Communities  Day  the  ISH  PAG  will  have  a  toolbox,  a  “Coping  Kit”,  including  emojii  magnet,  painted  rock,  etc.    

Program  Coordinator  

I. As  mentioned  earlier,  doing  a  quick  follow  up  from  Safe  Kids  Week.    Will  be  having  a  meeting  with  Brooke  from  Wellington  County  Libraries  to  debrief.      

II. Beginning  to  coordinate  Safe  Communities  Day  with  the  participants.    Letters  to  the  schools  will  go  out  the  first  week  of  September  when  teachers  are  back  at  school  

   

III. At  the  Wellington  County  Council  meeting  next  week,  Gregg  Davidson,  Stephen  Dewar,  Heather  Lawson  and  Warden,  Dennis  Lever  will  be  awarding  the  winners  their  certificate  of  accomplishment.  

IV. Also  working  on  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County  Re-­‐Designation  –  The  Priority  Setting  Exercise  will  take  place  on  Thursday,  November  23  at  the  Wellington  County  Museum  &  Archives  

V. Community  survey  is  in  the  process  of  creation  with  Rebecca  from  Public  Health.    Still  determining  where  paper  copies  will  be  distributed.    Electronic  copies  need  to  be  distributed  to  all  networks  –  please  share  once  it  is  sent  out.    

VI. Christine  will  be  on  vacation  from  July  1  to  July  15.      

5. Community  Groups  –      

I. Wellington  North  (Bob  McArthur)  • Wrapping  up  youth  dances  for  the  season;  will  resume  in  the  Fall.  –  it  is  a  safe,  

secure  environment  for  youth  to  engage  with  one  another  –  June  22  is  the  homecoming  dance.  

• Held  a  car  seat  clinic  that  was  fairly  well  attended.  • Will  be  running  a  CPR  Refresher  Course  in  the  Fall    • Still  having  difficulties  with  maintaining  volunteers.    Fortunately  we  have  a  core  

group.  • Wellington  North  Safe  Communities  is  requesting  a  donation  of  $500.00  to  purchase  

an  AED  for  the  Mount  Forest  Legion  –  The  Safe  Communities  Wellington  County  Executive  questioned  whether  the  purchase  of  an  AED  fell  into  our  priority  areas?  

• Do  we  want  to  grant  money  that  does  not  fit  the  priorities?    What  is  our  mandate?  • Our  vision  is  to  make  Wellington  County  the  Safest  place  to  live,  work  in  play.    AED’s  

will  keep  our  community  safe.  • If  we  go  on  that  premise,  is  there  anything  that  would  not  be  included?  • Snow  Angel’s  was  given  money…Not  exactly  falling  into  the  priorities,  but  we  still  

granted  the  money.  • Bigger  Picture  –  We  want  to  prevent  an  injury  (  fall),  so,  in  the  end,  Snow  Angel’s  

does  meet  the  criteria.      • Bob  mentioned  at  the  beginning,  Safe  Communities  and  COPs  groups  could  request  

funding  regardless;  has  it  changed?  • Question  to  Bob  regarding  the  validity  of  Intentional  Self  Harm  as  priority  area  the  

AED  is  under?    Potentially  finding  someone  who  has  tried  to  take  their  life,  the  AED  could  revive  them.  

   

• Mary  Lloyd  made  a  Motion  to  postpone  decision  until  September  20,  2017  meeting.    

6. Adjournment    The  group  was  adjourned  at  11:30  AM.  The  Next  Leadership  Table  meeting  is  scheduled  for  September  20,  2017  at  8  a.m.  (Priority  Advisory  Groups)  and  9:30  a.m.  (Leadership  Table)  at  the  Wellington  County  Museum  &  Archives.