Committees and Responsibilities

Committees – 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

Citizen defender

  • Tamara Rathwell

Communication

  • Pascale Blais

Community life

  • Danny Paré
  • Tamara Rathwell

Elders

  • Tamara Rathwell

Environment

  • Pascale Blais

Family

  • Pascale Blais

Heritage

  • Pascale Blais

Human Ressources

  • Tamara Rathwell
  • Richard Dubeau
  • Danny Paré
  • Pascale Blais

Internet

Land development and construction

  • Pascale Blais

Library

  • Pascale Blais

Local economic development

  • Tamara Rathwell

Loisirs and culture

  • Danny Paré
  • Tamara Rathwell

Parks

Planning advisory committee

  • Tamara Rathwell
  • Richard Dubeau

Public Security

Public work

  • Richard E Dubeau
    Danny Paré

Residual materials

  • Richard E Dubeau
    Danny Paré

School

  • Tamara 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

Résidents (3)

  • Diane Poirier
  • Guillaume Guertin
  • Philip Deslauriers

Council members (2) plus the Mayor

  • Tamara Rathwell, councillor
  • Richard Dubeau, councillor
  • Pascale Blais, Mayor

Members of the Administration (2)

  • Maxime Asselin, Urban Planning and Environment Inspecto
  • Philip Toone, Director General