This page was exported from Shelburne Free Press [ https://shelburnefreepress.ca ] Export date:Mon May 20 9:38:20 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: Shelburne council selects committees and boards for new term --------------------------------------------------- Written By Paula Brown Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Shelburne Town Council held their inaugural meeting for the 2022-2026 term of council on Monday (Dec. 12).  As part of their first meeting as a new council, the elected officials selected the committees and boards they will be serving on over the next four years. “As we enter a new term of council there is a requirement to appoint members to the six committees and five boards of management,” said Town Clerk, Jennifer Willoughby.  A new component of the committee and board selection process was the recommendation by staff to have a limit of two members of council appointed to each committee and board. “Three members of council is pretty close to quorum so we suggested that two would be sufficient and in some places, there's only one member of council on committees the municipalities appoint,” explained Denys Morrisey, chief administrative officer. “Also, it gives a little bit more of a balance, and there's greater public representation on the committee than there are members of council.”  Here are the committees and boards each council members was appointed to.  Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex (CDRC) Board: • Deputy Mayor Shane Hall  • Coun. Dan Sample  • Coun. Lindsay Wegener as alternate  Shelburne Public Library Board:  • Coun. Lindsay Wegener  Shelburne & District Fire Board: • Deputy Mayor Shane Hall  • Coun. Walter Benotto  Police Services Board: • Mayor Wade Mills  • Deputy Mayor Shane Hall  Business Improvement Area Association (BIA): • Coun. Len Guchardi  • Coun. Dan Sample  Arts & Culture Committee: • Coun. Lindsay Wegener • Coun. Kyle Fegan as alternate  Canada Day Festival Committee: • Coun. Kyle Fegan  Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Committee:  • Deputy Mayor Shane Hall  • Coun. Walter Benotto  • Coun. Len Guchardi  Economic Development Committee:  • Mayor Wade Mills  • Coun. Walter Benotto  Heritage Committee: • Coun. Lindsay Wegener • Coun. Kyle Fegan Parks and Recreation Task Force  • Coun. Dan Sample • Coun. Lindsay Wegener Nottawasaga Valley Conversation Authority (NVCA):  • Coun. Kyle Fegan  The application deadline for community members to apply for a spot on a committee or board has been extended to Dec. 31. Council will receive a report in the new year regarding the appointment of residents.  --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2022-12-15 14:20:02 Post date GMT: 2022-12-15 19:20:02 Post modified date: 2022-12-15 14:20:04 Post modified date GMT: 2022-12-15 19:20:04 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com