Committee & council calendar approved by committee; heads to council Sept. 24

The calendar of monthly committee and council meetings for 2019 has been approved by committee and heads to council Sept. 24 for a final vote. Decisions at City Hall flow first to a standing committee (Committee of the Whole, Audit, Planning & Development). Recommendations from standing committees then go to council for ratification. All seven members of council sit on all standing committees (except audit, which has three council members and the mayor).Standing committees meet monthly except in August, and in October of an election year. The last committee meetings of this term of council are the week of November 5, with the new city council sworn in Dec. 3.City councillors are also Regional Councillors; Halton Region  also has monthly standing committee and council meetings. The last Regional Council meeting of this term is Nov. 21, with the new regional council sworn in Dec. 5.