TAMRMS#: B06
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Assessment Review Board Appointments
Presented by: David Leflar, Director, Legal and Legislative Services
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RECOMMENDATIONS
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That the following individuals be appointed as members of both the Composite Assessment Review Board (the "CARB") and the Local Assessment Review Board (the "LARB") established under Bylaw 15/2020 the Assessment Review Boards Bylaw, effective immediately, for terms of appointment indicted in parentheses next to their names:
- Randy Mann (term expires: Dec 31, 2022)
- Elena Sacluti (term expires: Dec 31, 2022)
- Mitch Stolarchuk (term expires: Dec 31, 2023)
- John Sugden (term expires: Dec 31, 2020)
- Normand Therrien (term expires: Dec 31, 2023)
That Normand Therrien be appointed Chair of the CARB and Randy Mann be appointed Chair of the LARB, both effective immediately, each for a term as Chair expiring at 11:59 PM on December 31, 2021.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
To bring forward recommendations for appointments as members and Chairs of the Assessment Review Boards
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
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ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
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ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
The Municipal Government Act requires Council to establish Assessment Review Boards and to appoint members and a Chair for each board.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Bylaw 15/2020, the Assessment Review Boards Bylaw, establishes both a CARB and a LARB as required by the Municipal Government Act. It is both legally permissible and common practice to appoint a person to both of these boards, which is what Administration is now recommending to Council. When a complaint against assessment is received (if it is not resolved through discussion with the Assessment Department) it is heard by either a one-person or a three-person panel of either the LARB or the CARB depending on the nature of the complaint. The role of the Chair is to select members to sit on the pa...
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