With respect to all matters within the Committee’s policy areas, the mandate of the Governance and Priorities Committee is:

(a)       to provide advice and recommendations to Council;
(b)       to oversee the implementation of approved policy decisions by the civic Administration;
(c)        to exercise every power or duty delegated by Council; and
(d)       to supervise the City Manager and the City Clerk.

Monthly.  

Regularly scheduled Council Committee meetings will be held on the dates and times established by Council at an organizational meeting. 

Council Chamber

With respect to all matters within the committee's policy areas, the mandate of this committee is:

* To provide advice and recommendations to Council;
* To oversee the implementation of approved policy decisions by the civic administration; 
* To exercise every power delegated by Council; and
* To supervise the City Manager and the City Clerk.

*City Manager
*City Solicitor
*City Clerk

City Clerk’s Office 
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City Council

Personnel Subcommittee

City Agency Recruitment and Evaluation Subcommittee (CARE Committee)

Bylaw No. 9170 - July 1, 2014, The Procedures and Committees Bylaw. Updated: Bylaw No. 9331 – December 14, 2015; Bylaw No. 9580 – April 29, 2019; Bylaw No. 9681 – January 27, 2020; 

The policy areas for the Governance and Priorities Committee include:
(a) corporate governance;
(b) strategic priorities;
(c) annual business plan and budget process;
(d) legal and legislative reports and advice;
(e) collective bargaining negotiations and city pension plans;
(f) reporting of human rights complaints and wrongful dismissal actions;
(g) government relations; and
(h) any other related area. 

The following powers or duties are delegated to the Governance and Priorities
Committee:
(a) the formulation and recommendation to Council of policies, plans, bylaws and any other matter that is not covered within the policy area of any other Standing Policy Committee;
(b) the conduct of all formal relationships with the Province of Saskatchewan and the Government of Canada;
(c) the consideration and report to Council on matters relating to employee pensions;
(d) the supervision of the City Manager and the recommendation of the terms and conditions of the City Manager’s employment including compensation to Council;
(e) the supervision of the City Clerk and the setting of the terms and conditions of the City Clerk’s employment including their compensation to be included in their Office’s budget;
(f) the receipt of all reports from the City Manager with the exception of those reports which deal with matters that have specifically been delegated to one of the Standing Policy Committees;
(g) the receipt of all reports from the City Clerk with the exception of those reports which deal with matters that have specifically been delegated to one of the Standing Policy Committees;
(h) the receipt of all legal advice and reports from the City Solicitor with the exception of advice and reports which deal with matters that have specifically been delegated to one of the Standing Policy Committees;
(i) the approval or denial of requests for renovations to City Hall by Council members;
(j) the consideration and recommendation to Council on all matters referred to it by Council, a Standing Policy Committee or the Mayor;
(k) the consideration and determination of appeals from the City Clerk’s decisions on flag raising or proclamation requests.

All members of City Council.

* Effective February 2021, the Deputy Mayor for the month serves as Chair.