Richmond only has four councillors on Metro Vancouver committees.
Committee appointments, communication and who will audit the North Shore wastewater treatment project were some of the concerns about Metro Vancouver governance Richmond city councillors brought up at a special meeting held Tuesday.While Mayor Malcolm Brodie started the meeting outlining the functions of Metro Vancouver and how its governance structure works, issues such as why more Richmond councillors don’t sit on regional committees were brought into question.
He pointed out that nine Vancouver city council members sit on committees, and Surrey and Burnaby have eight councillors on committees. “It wasn’t anything to do with me,” Brodie said, to which Wolfe replied that wasn’t communicated to him. The newly elected chair of Metro Vancouver, Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley, has recommended Burnaby realtor and philanthropist, William McCarthy, conduct a review of the project.
“It’s not a reflection of the individual, for me, it’s more about the process: what was it, who applied, how were they vetted,” he said. “Because, from what I saw, it looked like there was just one name put down in front of us. It sounds like an OK person — lots of education and things ticked off, but really heavily on the real estate side.”
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