Transition Committee Regulation, 2014

Transition Committee Regulation, M.R. 166/2014 The Municipal Amalgamations Act , C.C.S.M. c. M235 Regulation 166/2014 Registered June 13, 2014 bilingual version (HTML) Transition committee 1 A transition committee is hereby established for each newly amalgamated municipality, effective October 23, 2014. Composition 2 The members of a transition committee are the persons elected to the council of the newly amalgamated municipality at the October 22, 2014 general election. Purpose 3(1) The purpose of the transition committee is to make plans and preparations that the members consider necessary respecting their assuming the role of council for the newly amalgamated municipality on January 1, 2015. 3(2) Examples of activities that a transition committee may engage in include (a) planning for the governance of the newly amalgamated municipality, including giving consideration to (i) the organizational structure of the newly amalgamated municipality and the council committees and other bodies of council that may be established, and (ii) the procedures by which the council of the newly amalgamated municipality will govern itself; (b) preparing to ensure that (i) the powers, duties and functions of the newly amalgamated municipality are appropriately carried out, and (ii) the policies and programs of the newly amalgamated municipality are appropriately developed and evaluated; and (c) if a chief administrative officer has not been designated, considering the appointment of a chief administrative officer or the process to be followed in making such an appointment. 3(3) For certainty, a transition committee may not exercise the powers, duties or functions of a council of a municipality. Meetings and support 4(1) A transition committee is to meet at the call of the person elected as head of council for the newly amalgamated municipality. 4(2) The chief administrative officer of a municipality from which the newly amalgamated municipality is to be established must provide the transition committee the resources requested to support the work of the transition committee. Termination 5 Each transition committee is terminated effective December 31, 2014. Transition role of councils of amalgamated municipalities 6 To avoid doubt, during the transition period beginning on October 23, 2014 and ending on December 31, 2014, the council of a municipality from which a newly amalgamated municipality is to be established continues to be responsible for the exercise the powers, duties and functions of council in relation to the day-to-day activities of the municipality, and is subject to the limitation prescribed in the regulation that establishes the newly amalgamated municipality. Compensation and expenses for transition committee may be determined retrospectively 7 The council of a newly amalgamated municipality may provide compensation for members attending to the work of the transition committee in its by-law passed under section 124 of The Municipal Act , and a member may be paid and accept an amount paid under that by-law for his or her attending to the work of the transition committee.