Recommendation

That County Council adopt the following:

a)  Regular County Council meetings to be held three weeks apart on Wednesdays starting at 12:30 p.m.  During the Christmas Season and midsummer, they will be held on an "as needed" basis;

b)  Use of a Full Consent Agenda.  Regular reporting by staff will be on a timely basis, not to exceed every three months;

c)  Continued use of weighted votes at all Regular Council meetings;

d)  Use of the Warden as Chair of all Regular Council meetings;

e)  Flexible use of Managers and General Managers at Council meetings to encourage cross training and succession planning;

f)  The effective date of these changes, and therefore the first meeting in the new year, will be Wednesday, January 16, 2008.  An agenda for meetings over the balance of 2008 will be provided to Councillors at that time;

g)  Continued use of, and reporting by, other Committees such as Striking, Woodlot, Land Division, and Audit Committees;

h)  Creation of a Cultural Advisory Committee according to terms to be developed in a report to be considered by Council early in 2008;

i)  Review of the revised system in October 2008 by the Council Restructuring Sub-Committee with a further report to County Council regarding the same.

Recommendation

That County Council continue to endorse the existing Strategic Plan; and further,

That the following matters be added to the plan for support over the balance of this term of office:

a)  Green Initiatives;
b)  Succession Planning;
c)  Governance Structure Renewal;
d)  First Nations Relations.