The purpose of the Governance Committee is to ensure that the board fulfills its legal, ethical, and functional responsibilities through adequate governance policy development, recruitment strategies, monitoring of board activities and overseein gthe performance of the Board, its committees and management of the compliance to the Board's mission.

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES

Support the Capital Region Board to:

• Oversee the preparation of proposed Capital Region Growth Plan in accordance with Part 2 of the Regulation.
• Facilitate the resolution of issues arising from the preparation and implementation of the Capital Region Growth Plan.
• Implement policies for the sharing of costs among the participating municipalities for regional projects of the Capital Region.
• Create governance policies and procedures.

The Governance Committee will ensure that policies are created and periodically reviewed which define:

• The roles and responsibilities of the Board, Committees of the Board and Administration of the Board.
• Conduct of Board meetings.
• Code of Conduct guidelines.
• Accountability.

The Governance Committee is accountable to the Board for the following tasks:

• Preparation of the Annual Report of the Capital Region Board for approval.
• Preparation of the operations policies/procedures, business, and strategic plans and budget for Board approval.

FUTURE GOVERNANCE OF THE CAPITAL REGION BOARD

Section 12 of the Capital Region Growth Plan provides information on the governance and future of the Capital Region Board.

CONTACT

Kathleen LeClair, Chief Officer
Capital Region Board,
Phone: (780) 638-6002
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