Port Moody's 2015 committees will include a handful of people who ran unsuccessfully for council seats in the recent municipal election, as well as a former councillor and school board chair.
Mayor Mike Clay appointed Coun. Zoe Royer as chair of the city's land use committee, with Coun. Meghan Lahti as vice-chair, and Coun. Barbara Junker as chair and Coun. Rick Glumac as vice-chair of the heritage commission.
Among the member appointments to those committees are Chris Carter (land use committee) and Bryan Hoad (heritage commission), both of whom were council candidates in the November election. Cathy Cena, another candidate, was appointed to the transportation committee.
Council appointments to the 2015 select, statutory, regional and local committees include:
Parks and Recreation Commission: Lahti (chair), Coun. Diana Dilworth (vice-chair);
Library Board: Royer (representative);
Joint Family Court and Youth Justice Committee: Lahti (rep.);
arts and culture committee: Glumac (chair), Junker (vice-chair);
community care committee: Dilworth (chair), Lahti (vice-chair);
economic development committee: Dilworth (chair), Clay (vice-chair);
environmental protection committee: Glumac (chair), Coun. Rob Vagramov (vice-chair);
transportation committee: Vagramov (chair), Glumac (vice-chair);
youth focus committee: Junker (representative), Dilworth (alternate);
School District 43/Port Moody liaison committee: Clay (rep.);
Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group: Vagramov (rep.);
Arts Centre Society: Glumac (rep;);
Fraser Health Municipal Advisory Committee: Glumac (rep.);
Golden Spike Days: Lahti (rep.)
Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce: Clay (rep.);
emergency measures policy and planning committee: Clay (rep.), Lahti (alternate).
Council also appointed Junker as the voting delegate to the Municipal Insurance Association, with Lahti and Dilworth as first and second alternates, respectively.
Former councillor Bob Elliott, who did not run for re-election last month, was appointed to a two-year term on the library board while former School District 43 board chair Melissa Hyndes will serve on the arts and culture committee.
The appointments were made at Tuesday's council meeting.
