Fredericton City Council Appoints Members to Board, Commissions and Committees

Fredericton, NB (June 11, 2012) – Fredericton City Council has appointed recently-elected and acclaimed City Councillors to various boards, commissions and committees. This includes membership on Municipal Standing Committees, as well as other municipal, provincial, federal and community committees.

The appointments were made at the regular Council meeting of June 11, 2012, and are in effect for the term of June 11, 2012 to May 28, 2013. At the same meeting, the new board of directors for the Fredericton Convention Centre Inc. was appointed.

The following summarizes key appointments. A complete list of the board, commission and committee membership can be obtained by contacting the Office of the City Clerk, 506-460-2127 or cityclerk@fredericton.ca.

Municipal Standing Committees

The City of Fredericton has seven Municipal Standing Committees. The Community Services Committee will be chaired by Coun. Mike O’Brien; Coun. Kate Rogers will serve as Vice Chair. The Development Committee will be chaired by Coun. Dan Keenan; Coun. Leah Levac will act as Vice Chair.

Coun. Bruce Grandy will chair the Finance & Administration Committee. The Vice Chair will be Coun. Eric Megarity. Coun. Scott McConaghy will chair the Information Technology Committee and Coun. Steven Hicks will serve as Vice Chair.

The Public Safety & Environment Committee will be chaired by Coun. Scott McConaghy; Coun. Marilyn Kerton will be the Vice Chair. Coun. Steven Hicks will be the Transportation Committee Chair and Coun. David Kelly will act as Vice Chair.

Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase will chair the City’s Planning & Priorities Committee. While membership on all the other standing committees is divided amongst City Councillors, all members of Council are considered to be members of this committee. For now, the mandate and meeting schedules for the City’s various standing Committees remains the same as before the recent Municipal Election.

Municipal Boards, Commissions and Committees

There are 14 Municipal Boards, Commissions and Committees to which City Council appoints members. Key appointments in this category include the continuation of Coun. Eric Megarity as Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Immigration, and Coun. Mike O’Brien as chair of the Fredericton Affordable Housing Committee, a sub-committee of the Development Committee.

Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase continues to serve on the Fredericton Tree Commission. Coun. Leah Levac will serve as Co-Chair of the Mayor’s Working Committee on Community/University Relations. Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase will serve as a member. Mayor Brad Woodside is an ex-officio member of this committee.

Councillors Marilyn Kerton, Leah Levac, Scott McConaghy, and Kate Rogers have been appointed to the Planning Advisory Committee. Coun. Kate Rogers will also serve on the Preservation Review Board. Two new committees for this Council included a Seniors Advisory Committee, chaired by Coun. Eric Megarity and a Youth Advisory Committee, to be chaired by Coun. Leah Levac.

Provincial / Federal Committees and Community Committees

City Council also appointed members to six Provincial / Federal Committees and seven Community Committees. Key amongst these categories was the appointment of Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase and Coun. Leah Levac to the Association of Francophone Municipalities of New Brunswick.

Councillor Marilyn Kerton will serve on the Canadian Capital Cities Organization. Coun. Eric Megarity is appointed to the Cities of New Brunswick Association – Executive Committee, while Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase will serve as the Cities’ representative on the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick.

At the community level, Coun. Dan Keenan will serve on Business Fredericton North, with Coun. Bruce Grandy serving as alternate. Coun. Kate Rogers will serve on Downtown Fredericton, Inc., with Coun. Bruce Grandy again acting as alternate.

Deputy Mayor Stephen Chase will serve on the Fredericton Public Library Board and as representative to Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne. As part of the appointments to the Boards, Commissions and Committees, Fredericton City Council also approved the Board of Directors for the Fredericton Convention Centre Inc.

Lee Corey, community representive on the board, becomes Chair of the board. He replaces Chris MacPherson, Fredericton’s Chief Administrative Officer, who remains a City representative on the board. The complete list of board members follows:

• Lee Corey, Chair (Community Representative)
• Shawn Bringleo, Treasurer (Community Representative)
• Chris MacPherson (City Representative)
• Tina Tapley (City Representative)
• Frank Flanagan (Fredericton Tourism)
• David Seabrook (Fredericton Tourism)
• Anthony Knight (Community Representative)
• Chris Black (Industry Representative)
• Walther Lauffer (Industry Representative)
• Doug Williams (Industry Representative)