Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay announced city committee appointments for 2012 at Tuesday's council meeting.
Coun. Gerry Nuttall will chair the finance committee, with Coun. Zoë Royer as vice-chair. Heading up the land use committee will be Coun. Diana Dilworth (Coun. Rosemary Small, vice-chair), with Royer leading the heritage commission (Dilworth vice-chair). Coun. Rick Glumac was appointed to the Port Moody/Anmore joint recreation task force.
Chairs of select committees include:
Arts and culture: Nuttall (Royer vice chair);
Community care: Coun. Bob Elliott (Royer);
CPR community advisory: Clay;
Economic development: Dilworth (Small);
Library: Royer;
Library building committee: Glumac, Royer;
Transportation: Small (Dilworth);
Youth focus: Dilworth (Glumac);
Statutory committee appointments include:
Emergency measures: Clay (Elliott alternate);
Joint Family Court & Youth Justice: Small;
Parks and recreation: Elliott (Nuttall);
Regional and local committee appointments are as follows:
Arts Centre Society: Royer;
ArtsConnect: Nuttall;
Fraser Health/municipal government advisory council: Glumac;
Golden Spike Days: Small;
Municipal Insurance Association: Dilworth (voting), Royer (first alternate), Elliott (second alternate);
North East Sector Environmental Stewardship: Glumac;
School District 43 liaison: Clay;
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce: Clay;
Tri-Cities Early Childhood Development Community Accord: Glumac;
Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group: Elliott;
Tri-Cities Solutions by Design: Elliott.
RATES ON THE RISE
Homeowners will be paying about $30 more for their utilities next year after Port Moody council adopted its fees bylaw Tuesday night.
The rates will jump from $982 to $1,013 in 2012, with water costs rising from $347 to $356. Solid waste charges are dropping from $183 to $153 next year, but recycling/green waste pick-up will jump from $119 to $170. Sewer rates are rising from $333 to $334.
The increases are a result in rate rises from Metro Vancouver.
Most other charges in the fees bylaw are going up by about 2% except for dog licences, which are going up by almost 20% to pay for the city's animal control services agreement with Coquitlam, which is expected to cost $69,000 next year.
