Committee – Municipal Council
The mayor and councillors are involved in various committees within the municipality. According to their interests, knowledge and experience, they make things happen in the subjects described below:
Agriculture and forestry
Richard E Dubeau
Dale Rathwell
Citizen defender
Simon Laforest
Tamara Rathwell
Communication
Pascale Blais
Community life
Danny Paré
Elders
Tamara Rathwell
Environment
Pascale Blais
Dale Rathwell
Family
Pascale Blais
Heritage
Pascale Blais
Internet
Stéphane Carrière
Land development and construction
Pascale Blais
Simon Laforest
Library
Pascale Blais
Dale Rathwell
Local economic development
Stéphane Carrière
Tamara Rathwell
Loisirs and culture
Danny Paré
Parks
Dale Rathwell
Planning advisory committee
Stéphane Carrière
Simon Laforest
Public Security
Stéphane Carrière
Public work
Richard E Dubeau
Danny Paré
Residual materials
Richard E Dubeau
Danny Paré
School
Dale Rathwell
Watercourse
Dale Rathwell
Other external committees
The mayor Pascale Blais is present in all the fields of competence.
Planning Advisory Committee
The Planning Advisory Committee (PAC) is a committee mandated by the City Council to provide advice on applications submitted to it in terms of urban planning and land use.
The PAC is a working group composed of the mayor, two (2) members of the City Council and three (3) residents selected by the council. The General-director and the building inspector sit on this committee to guide, direct and support its urban planning action.
The recommendations and opinions of the PAC allows the City Council to benefit from the contribution of elected officials and citizens, who can share their experience of living in the municipality and their particular concerns for the development of their territory. The creation of a PAC allows citizens chosen by the Council to participate in urban planning.
Although the PAC is basically an advisory body without any decision-making power, it plays an undeniable role in the mission of planning and administrating municipal territory. Provincial law has established as an essential condition for approval of the following matters, that municipal councils must obtain prior recommendations from PACs, in order to exercise their discretional powers.
Matters subject to PAC recommendations:
- minor variance,
- comprehensive development program,
- site planning and architectural integration program (SPAIP),
- application for approval of a conditional use or a specific construction,
- alteration or occupancy of a building,
- construction or subdivision projects subject to certain constraints;
Members of the PAC
- Stéphane Carrière, councillor
- Simon Laforest, councillor
- Richard Baril, citizen
- Guillaume Guertin, citizen
- Joanna Nash, citizen
- Vacant, Environment and Building inspector and Secretary of the committee
- Pascale Blais, mayor
- France Bellefleur, director general