Title
Regional Governance and Transparency Initiatives
[Referred from the February 6, 2019 Governance and Finance Committee Meeting]
Recommendation
[Supplementary report information was requested related to a potential Board Highlights report, originally suggested in a Motion with Notice intended to endorse and implement governance and transparency initiatives at the Capital Regional District.]
[The staff recommendation was amended at Committee.]
That the Governance and Finance Committee recommend to the Capital Regional District Board:
That a monthly Board Highlights summary be created to augment the current post-Board meeting press release model, as outlined in Appendix A, and that the initiative be re-evaluated in 2 years’ time.
That the Governance and Finance Committee recommend to the Capital Regional District Board that:
1. Staff be directed to create a Rise and Report webpage on the CRD website for the disclosure of Closed meeting resolutions that no longer need to be kept confidential;
2. Rise and report resolutions identify the mover and seconder of the motion and the voting record;
3. No changes be made to current service levels relating to open meeting vote recording, public access to statements of financial disclosure, publication of Director expense reporting and statements of financial information, or post-Board meeting communications.
(NWA)