Port Coquitlam city councillors who held committee vice-chair posts this year will be bumped up to the top job in 2017.
Tonight (Monday), Coun. Mike Forrest is expected to be formally appointed as chair of the city's smart growth committee — a position held by Coun. Brad West, who now becomes vice-chair of the healthy community committee and a member of the community safety committee.
Coun. Laura Dupont assumes the role of chair for the healthy community committee and takes a spot on smart growth.
Coun. Glenn Pollock will head up the community safety committee and becomes vice-chair on transportation solutions and public works while Coun. Darrell Penner will chair of the latter committee.
And Mayor Greg Moore retains the chair of the city's finance and intergovernmental committee while councillors Dean Washington and Brad West continue as chairs of the budget and infrastructure and continuous improvement assessment advisory committees, respectively.
Meanwhile, Moore will stay on as PoCo's representative on the Metro Vancouver board — which he has chaired its directors for the past six years — while Penner will continue as the city alternate.
The committees make recommendations to city council on such policy matters as land use, transit, garbage collection, emergency preparedness and animal control.
