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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS EXTENDED TO APRIL 1
I know there’s some confusion about what’s happening with the city of Windsor’s agencies, boards and commissions, but don’t let the confusion make you miss the boat this year.
The City Clerk’s office will be accepting applications for interested citizens to apply for membership on Council Committees. Existing Committee members are required to return a completed application form to the City Clerk’s office also.
Please note that the required application is available on line by visiting www.citywindsor.ca and upon completion of the application form, a hard copy must be returned to the City Clerk’s office by Friday, March 18, 2011.
Committee Appointments 2011-2014
- Application Form:
- Applications will be accepted from interested members of the public in accordance with the recently approved City of Windsor Appointment Policy (CR49/2011).
- Applications will be available in print at Customer Care Centres and at the Office of the City Clerk, 350 City Hall Square West, Room 203 beginning March 7.
- The deadline for applicants is Friday, March 18, 2011.
Advisory Committees:
Applications for the 2011-2014 term will be accepted for the following:
- Audit Committee
- Town & Gown Committee
- Windsor Bicycling Committee
- Windsor Essex County Environment Committee
- International Relations Committee
- Small Business Advisory Panel
- Windsor Heritage Committee
- Community Public Art Advisory Committee
- Diversity Committee
- Mayor’s Youth Advisory Committee
- Senior’s Advisory Committee
- Accessibility Advisory Committee
- Housing Advisory Committee
- Property Standards Committee
Agencies, Boards and Commissions:
- Committee of Adjustment
- Court of Revision
- EnWin Energy
- EnWin Utilities
- Licensing Commission
- Roseland Golf Club Board of Directors
- Transit Windsor Board of Directors
- Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation
- Windsor Essex County Health Unit
- WindsorEssex County Development Commission Board of Directors
- Windsor Police Services Board
- Windsor Public Library Board
- Windsor Detroit Tunnel Corporation
- Windsor Canada Utilities
- Windsor Utilities Commission
- YQG (Your Quick Gateway) Board of Directors
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Which one you applying for Chris?
I’m trying to figure out what the heck happened to PAC, Rat!
It looks like PAC is being rebranded the Planning Standing Committee, and will now only invite 3 citizen members to apply! Like I have a hope-in-hell now!
http://www.citywindsor.ca/DisplayAttach.asp?AttachID=21807
It’s not too late to apply. When you wake up all hungover from St. Patty’s day, you still have time to get involved!
Realistically though, will this not result in the same people on the same boards (assuming they reapply)?? What is the likelihood of a new member being selected if every member of the current board reapplies?
All we can do is try, Randolph. I have been applying for the Planning Advisory Committee for the past decade and a half, knowing full well (actually, I should say ‘assuming’ due to my outspokeness of land-use planning in this city) that they’re not going to accept me as a member. At least we can say we’ve tried to work with the city within the parameters they’ve set out.
The recent ABC review was supposed to address the political aspect of committee appointments.
I do know that there are some committees that rarely have the full compliment of citizen members, though.
There’s no chance that the Windsor Bicycle Committee will remain the same, since we were down to a small number of participants by the end of the term. I suspect that other committees are in a similar position.
The appointment process itself seems quite bizantine and I wonder whether there shouldn’t be an arms-length ABC to choose ABC members?
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO APRIL 1
I think the issue of PAC was actually deferred in the implementation process, to seek more input.
Personally, I’ve chosen activism over participation in dealing with the City. I prefer to work outside rather than participate in what masquerades as public input these days.
I think both activism and participation are effective.
Nothing wrong with making a presentation or writing letters to existing committee’s.
I agree with Paul that participation on committee’s is not very productive. Most of my time spent on city committee’s is spent listening to consultants reports filled with data telling us what we should do. The committee serving only as the necessary public endorsement of the action already desired. The committee is a sort of focus group that simply tweaking the desired action making it more palatable to the public
I remember when I spoke out at CVB board (now TWEPI) at a 4 hour presentation against a branding exercise that would have been futile, it felt like I was ostracized. My time there was spent rubberstamping the reorganization that was going to take place regardless. I spent countless hours listening to presentations affirming and reaffirming we were going in the right direction.
However, Some committee work has been productive. On CCSERT (City Center safety enhancement resource team) I was able to introduce the concept of an Hospitality resource panel (albeit 7 years and the thing still doesn’t run right). On CCWCIP (City Center West community improvment plan) I introduced the concept of urban village to the city. (Windsor star says I was first person to publicly use the term in Windsor even though it was very dated by then)