Southeast Public Health

Southeast Public Health (SEPH) is a joint committee and local board formed on Jan 1, 2025 when the Ford government merged 3 public health units:

• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health
• Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health
• Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit

The Board sets the strategic direction and ensures the organization meets the requirements of provincial legislation, as well as the needs of our communities as required by the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

Governance

The administration and operations are overseen by an autonomous Board of Health. Members of the Board of Health include elected officials from the following municipalities and counties:

• City of Belleville
• City of Quinte West
• Hastings County
• Prince Edward County
• Marmora
• Frontenac County
• Kingston
• Gananoque
• Smiths Falls
• Westport
• Lennox & Addington County

In addition, local representatives are appointed by the Province of Ontario as members of the Board.

As of June 11, 2025 its members are:

• Marmora – Mayor O’Neill (Chair)
• Frontenac – Councillor Greenwood-Speers (Vice Chair)
• Beckwith – Reeve Kidd
• Belleville – Councillor Kelly
• Belleville – Councillor Thompson
• Belleville – His Worship Mayor Ellis, Alternate (2023-186)
• Gananoque – Councillor Koiner
• Kingston – Councillor Glenn
• Kingston – Councillor McLaren
• Lennox & Addington County – Warden Townend
• County of Prince Edward – Councillor Roberts
• Smiths Falls – Councillor McKenna
• Quinte West – Councillor Kotsovos
• Westport – Mayor Jones
• Provincial Representatives
  • Dr. Jeffrey Allin
  • Ms. Melanie Paradis – Belleville
  • Dr. David Pattenden – Kingston
  • Mr. Chris Seeley – Napanee
  • Mr. Stephen Bird – Perth
  • Ms. Barbara Proctor – Wellington

Meetings

Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 am at 179 North Park Street, Belleville, Ontario, Canada K8P 4P1 and are open to the public.

• Meetings, agendas and minutes

Work

• Health warnings newsletter
• Boil Water & Drinking Water Advisories
• Public Health inspection results
• Charges and Convictions
• Public Beaches water quality
• Facility Outbreaks
• Diseases of Public Health Significance (DOPHS) Dashboard
• Opioid Monitoring Dashboard
• Respiratory Illness Dashboard

Submit a complaint to Public Health

Budget

Public Health funding is cost-shared between the Ontario provincial government (75%) and municipal governments (25%):

The municipal portion of the funding is split between the member municipalities of the Public Health Unit based on their share of the population according to the last Statistics Canada census:

The federal government may provide some minor funding and expenditure recovery for specific programs and services such as:

• Contraceptive sales
• Food handler course registrations
• Menactra Vaccine
• HPV Vaccine
• Flu Vaccine
• Seniors Dental Program

Reports