HomeMy WebLinkAboutCitizen Appointment Policy Amended March 7, 2018 Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Policy: Appointment of Citizens to CBRM
Committees
STATEMENT OF POLICY:
❑ The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) periodically requires citizens to
serve on the Committees of Council.
1 .0 OBJECTIVES:
It is the objective of this policy to ensure that:
❑ appropriate appointees are identified.
❑ -an annual process based on attendance statistics and an appointee's personal
suitability and commitment to work as a team player exists.
❑ Citizens appointed by the CBRM Council must be residents of the Cape
Breton Regional Municipality.
2.0 LENGTH OF TERM:
❑ Citizens appointees shall serve 2 year terms except for the Diversity Committee
which has its own Council approved Governance Structure.
3.0 STIPENDS/HONORARIUMS/EXPENSES:
❑ The CBRM shall pay its citizen appointees for expenses they incur for travel to
and from meetings of Committees to which they are appointed.
❑ The CBRM does not provide a stipend for the Provincial appointment to the
CBRM Police Commission.
Approved by CBRM Council: July 8, 2003
Amended by CBRM Council: March 11, 2005
January 16, 2007
March 7, 2018