Regional Government

Regional District of Kootenay Boundary Committees

RDKB meeting agendas and minutes are published on CivicWeb

At the Statutory Meeting (November Board Meeting) the Chair of the Board of Directors appoints Directors to serve on the Select and Standing Committees of the Board. 

Committee decisions must be approved by the Board of Directors before they can be enacted.

For Minutes of any of the Committees please contact the Manager of Corporate Administration or the Executive Assistant.

Use these links to contact Linda Worley Board Vice-Chair Grace McGregor, or view the entire board membership.

Committee Membership 2021

BC Rural Centre / Southern Interior Beetle Action Committee (SIBAC)

  • Director Grace McGregor, Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
appointment made annually; end of term: December 2022

Beaver Valley Regional Trails and Regional Parks Committee

meetings commence at 9 am 3rd Tuesday of the month

  • Director Ali Grieve, Committee Chair
  • Director Steve Morissette, Vice Chair
  • Director Mike Walsh

Boundary Area Food and Agriculture Advisory Council

TBA

Boundary Invasive Species Committee

  • Director Vicki Gee
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2022

Boundary Services Committee (BSC)

Meetings are on the 1st Wednesday of the month commencing at 10 am in Grand Forks

  • Director Grace McGregor, Committee Chair
  • Director Danna O’Donnell, Vice Chair
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director Danna O’Donnell
  • Director Vicki Gee
  • Director Cathy Korolek
  • Director Barry Noll

Boundary Trails Master Plan Steering Committee

  • Director Danna O’Donnell
  • Director Vicki Gee
  • Director Cathy Korolek
  • Director Barry Noll
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
Members are Boundary Directors who wish to sit on this Committee

Boundary Agricultural and Food Plan Steering Committee

 Committee Chair
Director Vicki Gee

Columbia Basin Regional Advisory Committee (CB RAC)

  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
  • Goran Denkovski, Manager of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Minimum 2-year commitment (2022-2023).

Columbia Basin Trust Board of Directors (CBT BOARD)

  • Betty Anne Marino (appointed September 29, 2021)
One 2-Year term via recommendation from P&P Committee with Board approval.
Existing rep can be nominated for a second 2-year term.

Columbia River Treaty Local Government Committee (CRT LGC)

  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
  • Director Diane Langman
Appointment open to all elected officials in RDKB jurisdiction
4-year term: 2019 - Dec. 31, 2022.

East End Liquid Waste Management Local Technical Advisory Committee

TBA

East End Services Committee (EES)

meetings commence at 10:00 a.m. on the third Tuesday of each month

  • Director Ali Grieve, Committee Chair
  • Director Andy Morel, Vice Chair
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Mike Walsh
  • Director Robert Cacchioni
  • Alternate Director Parkinson
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair

Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC)

  • Director Grace McGregor, RDKB Board Vice-Chair, (RAC)
  • Director Linda Worley - ETSI-BC Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
  • Director Steve Morissette, Village of Fruitvale – ETSI-BC Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
Appointment open to all elected officials in RDKB jurisdiction - municipal council members & RDKB Electoral Area Directors
2-year term or until appointee resigns or Board decides to change.

Education and Advocacy Committee

(Formerly Delegation Education Committee)

  • Director Diane Langman, Committee Chair
  • Director Danna O’Donnell, Vice Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director Grace McGregor
  • Director Diane Langman

Electoral Area Services Committee (EAS)

  • Director Vicki Gee, Committee Chair
  • Director Danna O’Donnell, Vice Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Grace McGregor
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair

Greenwood/Area 'E' Cemetery Committee

  • Director Vicki Gee, Committee Chair
  • Director Barry Noll

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC)

Kathy O'Malley, Council Chair,
Jennifer Houghton, Council Vice Chair, (Alternate: Roy Schiesser)
Ron Palmer (Alternate: Bill Sperling),
Scott Leslie (Alternate: Brad White),
Dan MacMaster (Alternate: Peter Flett),
Randy Trerise (Alternate: David Anderson),
Christine Elsaesser (Alternate: Fred Elsaesser),
Maurice Valcourt,
Al Wait (Alternate: Ellen Clements),
Chris Mehamal,
Jamie Haynes (Alternate: Doug Fossen),
Frank Van Oyen,
Suzanne Adrain-Vincent (Alternate: Brenda LaCroix),
Ciel Sander,
Barry Noll (Alternate: Doug Zorn),
Mike Jones,
Barb Stewart
Dan Collen

Ktunaxa Treaty Advisory Committee

  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
  • Mark Andison, Chief Administrative Officer (Alternate)
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2022

Liquid Waste Management Plan Steering Committee (LWMP)

  • Director Diane Langman, Chair
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Colleen Jones
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
  • Goran Denkovski, Manager of Infrastructure and Sustainability

Municipal Finance Authority (MFA)

  • Director Linda Worley, RDKB Board Chair
  • Director Grace McGregor, RDKB Board Vice-Chair
Appointments made annually at Statutory Board meeting

Municipal Insurance Association (MIA)

  • Director Linda Worley, RDKB Board Chair
  • Director Grace McGregor, RDKB Board Vice-chair (MIA Alternate)
Appointments made annually at Statutory Board meeting

Okanagan Film Commission

  • Director Vicki Gee
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2022

Policy and Personnel Committee (P & P)

Meetings are held on the last Thursday of the month commencing at 10:00 a.m.

  • Director Grace McGregor, Committee Chair
  • Director Vicki Gee, Vice Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director Diane Langman
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair, ex officio

Rural Development Institute (RDI)

Board Chair,Director Linda Worley

SWMP Steering and Monitoring Committee

  • Director Andy Morel, Committee Chair
  • Director Grace McGregor
  • Director Robert Cacchioni
  • Director Vicki Gee
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Cathy Korolek
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair, ex officio

Utilities Committee

meetings commence at 11 am 2nd Wednesday of the month

  • Grace McGregor, Committee Chair
  • Director Andy Morel, Vice Chair
  • Alternate Director Bill Wenman
  • Director Colleen Jones
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Linda Worley
  • Director Vicki Gee
  • Director Diane Langman
Includes participants in East End Sewerage Service

West Kootenay Transit Committee (WKTC)

  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
  • Vacant
  • Alternate Director Arlene Parkinson
East End Services Committee to appoint and recommend to Board
3-year term: January 2021—Dec. 31, 2023

Westbank Treaty Advisory Committee

No RDKB Appointments
BC Treaty Commission not holding meetings at this time

East End Curbside Collection Working Group

  • Director Diane Langman, Committee Chair
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Mike Walsh
  • Director Colleen Jones
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair

Boundary Community Ventures Association (BCVA)

  • Director Grace McGregor, RDKB Board Vice-Chair
  • Donna Wilchynski, Christina Gateway Community Development Association
  • Director Vicki Gee
  • James Chandler, General Manager of Operations/Deputy CAO (non-voting)

Southeastern BC Regional Connectivity Committee (formerly Regional Broadband Committee)

  • Director Diane Langman (term to expire October 2022)
  • Director Andy Morel (term to expire October 2022)
One-year term: October to October
Two directors to be appointed by the RDKB Board—need not be the Board Chair

Selkirk Innovates

  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
Annual RDKB Appointment