How it works
Making a difference starts when someone notices a problem or opportunity and speaks up. Staff usually prepare a report with recommendations. Staff reports go first to the advisory committee that is most relevant to the topic. You can also submit your own ideas and proposals directly.
Advisory committees include town councillors and community members who meet regularly to discuss local issues such as policing, heritage and more. Committees may adopt, amend, defer or reject recommendations. For many matters, committee review is the first step.
After a committee decides, staff put the committee’s recommendation into a report that goes to Town Council at the next council meeting. Council makes final decisions on those reports and handles other municipal business, such as passing bylaws and receiving presentations.
How to get involved
Town Council meets on the second Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at Town Hall, 400 Main Street. Everyone is welcome to attend. You can watch regular council meetings live on Eastlink Community TV. Archived recordings are also available.
You may also WATCH IT LIVE ONLINE. (Archived sessions are also available.)
All advisory committee and council meetings are open to the public except in limited cases (for example, closed sessions where the law allows private discussion). We post agendas and related reports for current and past meetings in the calendar. We usually post agendas and reports on the Tuesday before a meeting.
You can speak about any item on a committee agenda by:
- requesting to make presentation
- participating in a public hearing or public participation meeting, or
- speaking at the second reading of a bylaw under review.