Roles of Mayor and Council
Role of Mayor
The role of the Mayor is to:
- Act as Chief Executive Officer of the Municipality
- Provide leadership to Council
- Preside over Council meetings
- Represent the Municipality at official functions
- Act as Council's representative when dealing with other levels of government, their agencies and the private sector and the media
- Carry out the duties of the Municipal Act or any other Act
Role of Council
The role of Council is to:
- Represent the public and to consider the well-being and the interests of the Municipality
- Develop and evaluate the policies and programs of the Municipality
- Subject to legislative restrictions, to develop regulations to be adopted in by-laws and resolutions for the over-all benefit of the community
- Determine the services the Municipality provides in accordance with applicable legislation
- Ensure that administrative practices and procedures are in place to implement the decisions of Council
- Maintain the financial integrity of the Municipality
- Carry out the duties Council under the Municipal Act or any other Act
Committee of the Whole Chairs
This is a Committee of all Council members which deals with matters in a less formal manner than at Regular Council Meetings. Resolutions are not formally adopted however reports are discussed and recommendations are made to Council. Following a Municipal Election, the Mayor determines the Council member who shall be the Chair for each Committee on the Committee of the Whole.
The Committee of the Whole Chairs for the Municipality of West Nipissing are as follows:
- Community Services - Councillor Denise Brisson
- Economic Development - Mayor Joanne Savage
- Environmental Services - Councillor Roland Larabie
- General Government - CouncillorGuy Fortier
- Planning - Councillor Normand Roberge
- Emergency Measures and Public Safety - Councillor Jamie Restoule
- Public Works - Councillor Guilles Tessier
- Water & Sewer - Councillor Yvon Duhaime
- Social Services and Health - Councillor Léo Malette
Summary of Board / Committee participation for each member of Council
| COUNCIL MEMBER | BOARDS / COMMITTEES |
| SAVAGE, Joanne - Mayor |
Chair - Economic Development |
| BRISSON, Denise |
Chair - Community Services |
| MALETTE, Léo | Chair - Social Services & Health Sturgeon River House Museum Board West Nipissing Cemetery Board West Nipissing Municipal Non-Profit Housing Au Château Board of Management West Nipissing Police Services Board |
| DUHAIME, Yvon | Chair - Water & Sewer West Nipissing Municipal Accessibility Advisory Committee West Nipissing Planning Advisory Committee West Nipissing Municipal Non-Profit Housing Au Château Board of Management |
| RESTOULE, Jamie | Chair - Emergency Measures & Health Doctor Recruitment Committee District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board West Nipissing General Hospital Board West Nipissing Police Services Board |
| TESSIER, Guilles | Chair - Public Works West Nipissing Planning Advisory Committee |
| LARABIE, Roland | Chair - Environmental Services West Nipissing Cemetery Board West Nipissing Environmental Services Board |
| ROBERGE, Normand | Chair - Planning Advisory West Nipissing Municipal Agricultural Advisory Committee West Nipissing Heritage Committee West Nipissing Planning Advisory Committee West Nipissing Committee of Adjustment District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board |
| FORTIER, Guy | Chair - General Government West Nipissing Committee of Adjustment West Nipissing Planning Advisory Committee Nipissing Parry-Sound District Health Unit Board Wesy Nipissing Environmental Services Board |