Get Board Secretary Duties

The general purpose of the Planning Board is to provide for and guide the orderly growth and development of the community. This is accomplished primarily through development of a Master Plan for the Town, the Zoning Bylaw, and the Planning Board's Rules and Regulations Governing Subdivision of Land.

A board secretary is a person responsible for various administrative and governance-related tasks associated with the board of directors. A board secretary is also referred to as a corporate secretary, company secretary, chief governance officer, or chief administrative officer.

Record and distribute board meeting minutes Your board meeting minutes record the board's actions and decisions. They inform absent attendees what they missed, and if legal complications arise, your minutes can serve as a legal record.

Planning committee is a formal meeting of councillors who make decisions on certain planning applications. The reasons why some planning applications go to planning committee are set out in our Scheme of Delegation. The scheme is discretionary which means that we can choose to take any application to committee.

: a body of citizens appointed to prepare or administer a plan (as for the growth and development of a city)

The primary responsibility of the Planning Board is to advise the City Council, City staff and other agencies and boards on m atters affecting community development.