1. Oversee the Town's Departments - Clerk's, Engineering and Public

Works, Finance, Planning, Building Zoning and Enforcement Services,

and Fire.

 

2. Oversee the Administration Department consisting of the CAO's Office,

Economic Development Office and Human Resources Office.

 

3. Perform the expected day to day activities necessary for Administrative

direction and coordination and for ensuring that Council directions are met

in a timely way.

 

4. Ensure Town policies, procedures, and practices are being observed and

ensure that necessary Council approvals are being sought.

 

5. Ensure That Council is kept informed as to the administrative activities of

the Town so as to avoid "surprises".

 

6. Assist staff with problem solving and dispute resolution, and where

necessary, determine the Administrative direction when one or more

departments have some difference in that regard.

 

7. Provide oversight, mentoring, and coaching to staff in the carrying out of

their duties and projects, particularly at the Department Head level.

 

8. Arrange for "meet and greet" meetings with Councillors, Department

Heads, agency representatives (Library, Region, Police, Hydro), key

business leaders (Chamber of Commerce, BIA's), potential investors

(industrial sector, construction and development sector, commercial

sector, etc.).

 

9. Meet various stakeholders, be they ratepayer groups, seniors

associations, environmental groups, and others as may be recommended

by the Mayor and Members of Council and senior staff.

 

10. Provide "troubleshooting" for various projects, problems, policy matters as

called upon from time to time.

 

11. Undertake an operational assessment of the administration of the Town.

Councillor Davis queried the Town Clerk on how does one get on The Performance Review Committee or any committee of council? The Town Clerk Karen Landry replied; "The committees of council are usually set by the Mayor. We did the term of council where we set the appointments to the various committees of council and then as we got through the year and committees are added the Mayor does appoint members of council to the various committees."

Councillor Davis asked the Mayor what the selection process is when selecting members. The Mayor replied; "I spoke with the CAO today and I think the simplest way to do the performance review was to put it through Corporate Affairs rather than try to pick councillors, we have councillors on every committee and I spoke to the CAO this morning and, yesterday rather, not this morning, suggesting that that would be the... I was just going to say before you had your hand up.... that I would send it to Corporate Affairs cause quite frankly, the way this term of council has been the work load has been on Community Affairs and a lot of placing in different projects has come up so I though that this would be the appropriate committee. So that's what I'm recommending to council that I send it to Corporate Affairs for the review.