Pubdate: Wed, 22 Feb 2006
Source: Powell River Peak (CN BC)
Copyright: 2006 Peak Publishing Ltd.
Contact:  http://www.prpeak.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/734

STRUCTURE CHANGES

City councillors voted to dissolve the council select committee on 
substance abuse and reform it as a community committee.

Councillor Myrna Leishman explained there were stringent rules for a 
select committee, as defined by the Community Charter.

As a community committee, the group will not have to follow the 
city's procedural rules, but it will continue to focus on a drug 
strategy for the community.

Mayor Stewart Alsgard pointed out the city maintains a vital interest 
in the committee. "We set this thing in motion and we intend to see 
it through to completion," he said.

The city is providing a grant writer to the committee, Leishman pointed out.

City clerk Marie Claxton said the city is also providing clerical 
support to the committee.
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MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman