Port Moody council will have no shortage of advice — and advisors — beginning next month.
Last week, council approved the appointment of all 257 applicants for the city’s new Citizen Advisory Group.
Members of the group must commit to attending at least two meetings a year where city staff will present information about various topics and issues being considered by council, from budgets to community development and master plans. Members will then be invited to give feedback from their smart phone or tablet that council can then use to inform its decisions.
“This is either going to be the best or worst idea ever,” Mayor Mike Clay said at the July 26 council meeting. “Either way, this will be an experience none of us will forget.”
Coun. Rob Vagramov expressed concern that Inlet Theatre might not be large enough to hold the group, should everyone show up at once.
But Clay reassured him that likely wouldn’t happen.
“We’re counting on a few of them not being to make every meeting,” Clay said.
The appointments are effective Sept. 1 and last for five years. The city is spending $1,400 on equipment that will allow members of the group to submit their feedback electronically.
