The mayors of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody will be extra busy this year with municipal and regional work.
This week, Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, who chairs the Metro Vancouver board of directors, announced Metro committee appointments for 2015.
In addition to the board, Moore will chair the mayors' committee and the newly created regional economy task force while Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart will head up the housing committee. Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay is in charge of the new performance and procurement committee, which is aimed at finding efficiencies within Metro operations and services.
Moore is also vice-chair of the intergovernmental and finance (IF) committee. Stewart is a member of four other Metro groups: IF, mayors, regional planning and regional economy task force. Clay is also on the IF committee as well as mayors, utilities and the new federal gas tax task force.
Other Tri-City appointments are: Coquitlam Coun. Bonita Zarrillo (aboriginal); PoCo Coun. Laura Dupont (climate action); Port Moody Coun. Diana Dilworth (housing); Coquitlam Coun. Mae Reid (IF electoral A, performance); PoCo Coun. Darrell Penner (parks, planning); and Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge (parks, zero waste). A PoCo representative, who has yet to be named, will be on zero waste.
The 2014 remuneration rate for the board chair is $70,936 while committee chairs earn $355 a month; board and committee members receive $355 per meeting for up to four hours or $710 per meeting for more than four hours.
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