Approval was given for new versions of the City of Powell River's governance and liaison policies at a council meeting last month. According to a staff report, the governance policy’s purpose is to ensure open and transparent local governance and to facilitate an engaged citizenry, while the liaison policy is to facilitate connection and communication between council and community groups.
The two major changes of the existing policy include removal of the council portfolio system, where city councillors were assigned responsibility for being connected to the city’s various departments. Instead, the city will maintain the chief administrative officer as council’s one employee, where the chief administrative officer serves as liaison between council and staff.
The other major change is to move the community liaison component to a separate policy. The liaison policy governs assignment or appointment of a council member to an external community group.
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