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:
Elders and public transportation
Elisabeth Gendron-Wood
School
Dale Rathwell
Aerobic Corridor
Hervey William Howe
Public works, parks and municipal garage
Hervey William Howe
Family policy
Pascale Blais
Finances
Jonathan Morgan
Public Security
Pascale Blais
Hervey William Howe
Marc Poirier
Dale Rathewell
Library
Dale Rathwell
Paul Pepin (substitute)
Agriculture and forestry
Pascale Blais
Jonathan Morgan
Marc Poirier
Dale Rathwell
Loisirs and culture
Paul Pepin
Hervey William Howe
Communication and web site
Pascale Blais
Ethics and citizen defender
Paul Pepin
Environment
Pascale Blais
Heritage, economic development and demography
Marc Poirier
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
- Elisabeth Gendron-Wood, councillor
- Paul Pepin, councillor
- Céline Villeneuve, citizen
- Joanna Nash, citizen
- Vacant, citizen
- Vacant, Environment and Building inspector and Secretary of the committee
- Pascale Blais, mayor
- France Bellefleur, director general
