City council voted today to cut the number of citizen advisory committees from 15 to five, confirmed Jocelyne Turner, the city’s media liaison.
A city staff report outlined concerns with the effectiveness of the advisory committees, whose members provide insight to council on a range of municipal topics.
After the restructuring, there are now five committees: the Accessibility Advisory Committee, the Community Services Advisory Committee, the Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee, the Arts, Culture, Heritage and Recreation Advisory Committee, and the French Language Services Advisory Committee.
A subcommittee and a “roundtable” have also been added: the Built Heritage Sub-Committee and the Seniors Roundtable.
At a committee meeting in late August, the majority of delegates opposed the cuts.