Agencies, Boards and Commissions
Board of Examiners
The
Board of Examiners was established under the Local Government
Act to oversee the certification of senior local government
officials by establishing qualifications and standards for local
government employment according to offices and grades, granting
certificates according to grades and skills to persons possessing
the qualifications and meeting the standards, setting and holding
examinations for candidates for a certificate, or cancelling
certificates. The three member board is appointed by
order-in-council and includes one member nominated by each of the
following: the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, the Local
Government Management Association of BC, and the Minister of
Community and Rural Development.
Islands Trust Fund Board
The
Islands Trust Fund was established to preserve and protect
the trust area, consisting of islands located in the Georgia Strait
and Howe Sound. The trust is responsible for the preparation of the
trust policy statement, official community plans and zoning bylaws
respecting land within the trust not covered by an official
community plan bylaw. The Board's mandate is to preserve and protect
significant areas and features of the trust environment by
administering the trust fund, managing the property of the trust
fund and meeting legislative requirements to prepare a trust fund
plan and file annual reports. The Board consists of up to six
members appointed by Minister's Order. Members are nominated by the
Islands Trust Executive Committee, the Trust Council, and the
Minister of Community and Rural Development.
Atlin Advisory Planning Commission (Dease Lake
Advisory Planning Commission dissolved)
The function of the Atlin Advisory Planning Commission is to
advise the Minister on planning and land use matters within the
Atlin community (an unincorporated community that is not part of a
regional district) and to act on behalf of the community in
communication with provincial agencies.
The Commission also provides a broader forum for public
discussion on other issues and participate in activities such as
large-scale resource planning for the Atlin-Taku region and major
project reviews.
The Atlin Advisory Planning Commission and the Atlin Improvement
District were
amalgamated (effective date Jan. 1, 2009) to create the
Atlin Community Improvement District.
Seven trustees will be elected to provide local servicing and advice
on planning and land use matters.
The Ministry will continue to be involved with changes in
planning regulations for the Atlin Community Planning Area, which is
now the new boundary of the Atlin Community Improvement District.
Effective December 1, 2007, the boundaries of the Regional
District of Kitimat-Stikine were extended to include the Dease Lake
community. The Dease Lake Advisory Planning Commission was
formally dissolved on December 1, 2008 and the Regional District of
Kitimat-Stikine has passed a bylaw establishing a Joint Community
Advisory Committee and Advisory Planning Commission to advise the
regional board of concerns in community services within the
unincorporated area of Dease Lake.
Northern Development Initiative Trust
The
Northern Development Initiative Trust (Northern
Development) was
established in October 2004 through an act of legislation passed by
the government of British Columbia. It is a regionally operated economic
development funding corporation for central and northern British
Columbia. Its mandate is to be a catalyst for strategic economic
development at the local and regional levels to achieve its mission
of helping northern B.C. communities create and sustain world-class
industries and diversified economies. The Trust covers approximately
70 percent of the Province, which includes communities from the
south at Lytton to the north at Fort Nelson, and from the east at Valemount to the west at the Queen Charlotte Islands.
North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust
Now known as the
Island Coastal Economic Trust,
this initiative was created by the government
of B.C. on Feb. 27, 2006 under Bill 7, to help grow
and diversify the economy of the North Island-Coast area by
leveraging new investment and partnerships for economic
opportunities. The Trust provides funding to create new and
sustainable regional economic growth through strategic investments
in targeted “sectors” with the north Island, coastal and Sunshine
Coast regional economy.
Southern Interior Development Initiative
The mission of the
Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust
is to support regionally strategic investments in economic
development projects that will have long-lasting and measurable
regional benefits for the Southern Interior. The Trust's objective
is to help grow and diversify the economy of the area through
economic development initiatives in 10 key sectors. Governance of
the Trust is the responsibility of a 13 member board of directors.
Columbia Basin Trust
The
Columbia Basin Trust is a Crown corporation created by the
Columbia Basin Trust Act to benefit the region most adversely
affected by the Columbia River Treaty. The Trust promotes social,
economic and environmental well being in the Basin by delivering
benefits to residents through a variety of programs. In the last
fiscal year, these direct funding benefits totalled more than $6
million.
Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund
The
Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund Society is a grant-making
agency that assists the people of Northwest British Columbia, and
in particular the Nechako region and Kitamaat Village, by sponsoring
sustainable economic and social projects in the area most affected
by the Kemano project and the creation of the Nechako Reservoir. |
