REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: November 8, 2018 Report No. ADM-18-030
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Anja Nurvo, Director of Corporate Services
SUBJECT:
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Council Internal and External Committee Appointments
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
1. That Council approve the appointments to internal and external committees, commissions and boards as attached to Staff Report ADM-18-030; and
2. That the Township of Esquimalt ratifies and confirms the appointment of its current CRD representatives to the Capital Region Housing Corporation Board.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Local Government Act
Community Charter
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
This Request for Decision does not relate to any specific Council priority.
BACKGROUND:
At the Inaugural Meeting of Council held on November 5, 2018, Council passed the following Motion:
“That Council ratify the Council appointments to Internal and External Committees, Commissions and Boards as recommended by Mayor Desjardins in her Inaugural Address.”
Subsequent to the meeting, it came to staff’s attention that three appointments had not been made. In addition, the CRD subsequently requested that the Township ratify the appointment of its current CRD representatives to the Capital Region Housing Corporation Board. The proposed Appointment List is attached. The four additional appointments to be ratified by Council are highlighted in yellow, being:
(1) an alternate to the Capital Regional District Arts Committee,
(2) an alternate to the Capital Regional Water Supply Commission,
(3) appointment of a Council member to the Capital Regional Climate Action Inter- Municipal Task Force, and
(4) appointment of the Township’s CRD Board Director and alternate to the Capital Region Housing Corporation Board.
The Appointment List attached has been amended to include these additional appointments and to also indicate the term of each CRD appointment, in accordance with the request for appointments received from the CRD.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
Annually, as recommended by the Mayor, Council ratifies Council appointments to internal and external committees, commissions, boards and agencies. The attached Appointment List includes all of the external appointments requested by the CRD as well as the term of each appointment.
2. Organizational Implications
There are no organizational implications.
3. Financial Implications
There are no financial implications.
4. Sustainability & Environmental Implications
There are no sustainability or environmental implications.
5. Communication & Engagement
Once approved by Council, staff will advise the CRD as well as all of the external committees, commissions and boards of Council’s appointments and will also advise Staff Liaisons of the Council Liaison appointments to the Township’s Advisory Committees.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. That Council approve the appointments to internal and external committees, commissions and boards as attached to Staff Report ADM-18-030.
2. That Council amend the appointments attached to Staff Report ADM-18-030 and approve the appointments as amended.