Burnaby civic politicians will lead two of Metro Vancouver's standing committees in 2024.
Mayor Mike Hurley will chair the liquid waste roundtable with the regional district, while Coun. Sav Dhaliwal, of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA), will head the Indigenous Relations team.
Hurley will also be part of all three Metro task forces next year - financial planning, George Massey crossing and the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant program - in addition to the finance and regional planning committees.
Six other Burnaby councillors are set to provide a voice on seven other Metro committees (in alphabetical order):
- Coun. Pietro Calendino = Regional parks and Zero waste
- Coun. Alison Gu = Climate action
- Coun. Joe Keithley = Water
- Coun. Richard Lee = Invest Vancouver Management Board
- Coun. Maita Santiago - Regional culture
- Coun. Daniel Tetrault = Housing
The appointments were announced last Wednesday, Dec. 20, in a statement from Metro Vancouver.
There are 15 standing committees — each one governs the often unseen yet vital aspects of regional infrastructure.
Metro Vancouver is made up of 21 municipalities from Lions Bay to Langley Township, an electoral area and Tsawwassen First Nation, and plans for regional services such as waste, drinking water, urban growth and affordable housing.
Metro's 15 standing committees and three task force leaders are as follows:
Committees
- Caucus of Committee Chairs: George V. Harvie (Mayor, City of Delta and Chair, Metro Vancouver)
- Climate Action: Chair Lisa Dominato (Councillor, City of Vancouver)
- Electoral Area: Chair Jen McCutcheon (Director, Electoral Area A)
- Finance: Chair Brad West (Mayor, City of Port Coquitlam)
- Flood Resiliency Committee: Chair Dylan Kruger (Councillor, City of Delta)
- Housing: Chair Dan Ruimy (Mayor, City of Maple Ridge)
- Indigenous Relations: Chair Sav Dhaliwal (Councillor, City of Burnaby)
- Invest Vancouver: Chair Linda Buchanan (Mayor, City of North Vancouver)
- Liquid Waste: Chair Mike Hurley (Mayor, City of Burnaby)
- Mayors: Chair Brenda Locke (Mayor, City of Surrey)
- Regional Culture: Chair Lisa Muri (Councillor, District of North Vancouver)
- Regional Parks: Chair John McEwen (Mayor, Village of Anmore and Vice Chair, Metro Vancouver)
- Regional Planning: Chair Eric Woodward (Mayor, Township of Langley)
- Water: Chair Malcolm Brodie (Mayor, City of Richmond)
- Zero Waste: Chair Sarah Kirby-Yung (Councillor, City of Vancouver)
Task forces
- Financial Plan Task Force: Chair George V. Harvie
- George Massey Crossing Task Force: Chair Malcolm Brodie
- North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant Program Task Force: Chair George V. Harvie
- with files from Lauren Vanderdeen, Burnaby NOW
