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 this link to contact Linda Worley Board Chair, or Ali Grieve, Vice-Chair or view the entire board membership.

Committee Membership

BC Rural Centre

appointment made annually end of term: December 2025

  • Director Grace McGregor, Regional Advisory Committee (RAC)
  • Board Chair Andy Morel

Beaver Valley Regional Parks, Trails and Recreation Committee (BVR)

meetings commence at 9 am 3rd Tuesday of the month

 

  • Director Ali Grieve, Committee Chair
  • Director Bill Wenman
  • Director Mike Walsh

 

Boundary Invasive Species Committee

  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Director Sharen Gibbs
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2025

 

Boundary Services Committee (BSC)

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

 

• Director Everett Baker, Committee Chair
• Director Grace McGregor
• Director Sharen Gibbs
• Director Linda Kay Wiese
• Director Richard Dunsdon
• Director Gerry Shaw

 

Columbia Basin Regional Advisory Committee (CB RAC)

 

  • Director Linda Worley
  • Goran Denkovski, Manager of Infrastructure and Sustainability
Minimum 2-year commitment (2025-2026).

 

Columbia Basin Trust Board of Directors (CBT BOARD)

 

  • Betty Anne Marino (appointed September 29, 2023)
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
  • Director Frank Marino
Appointment open to all elected officials in RDKB jurisdiction
4-year term: 2023 - Dec. 31, 2026.

 

East End Services Committee (EES)

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

  • Director Bill Wenman, Committee Chair
  • Director Terry Martin
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Mike Walsh
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Frank Marino
  • Director Linda Worley

 

Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC)

  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Director Frank Marino
  • Alternate: Director Sharen Gibbs
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 (until Dec. 2026)

 

Education and Advocacy Committee

(Formerly Delegation Education Committee)

  • Director Linda Kay Wiese, Committee Chair
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director Frank Marino
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Grace McGregor

Electoral Area Services Committee (EAS)

 

  • Director Linda Worley, Committee Chair
  • Director Grace McGregor
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Director Sharen Gibbs

Greenwood/Area 'E' Cemetery Committee

 

  • Director Gerry Shaw, Committee Chair
  • Director Sharen Gibbs

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC)

Meetings happen 3 times a year, on the last Tuesday of February, June and September. Meetings are open to the public.

Voting Members:

  • Barb Stewart, Chair
  • Barry Noll
  • Christina Lake Stewardship Society
  • Ciel Sander, Vice Chair
  • Dan Macmaster, Peter Flett (Alternate)
  • Frank Van Oyen
  • Gord Rowland
  • Kathy O'Malley
  • Linda Caron
  • Owen Broad
  • Roy Schlesser, Ray Hanson (Alternate)
  • Scott Leslie, Bill Sperling (Alternate)
  • Taylor Frehr-Smith, Jennifer Erlendson (Alternate)
  • Teresa Coburn
  • Tyler Hodgkinson (pending)
  • Vicki Gee

Non-Voting Members:

  • Boundary Directors of the RDKB
  • Kootenay Boundary Farm Advisors
  • Province of BC representatives
  • RDKB staff

Ktunaxa Kinbasket Treaty Advisory Committee

  • Director Andy Morel, Board Chair
  • Mark Andison, Chief Administrative Officer (Alternate)
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2025

 

Liquid Waste Management Plan Steering Committee (LWMP)

members are the stakeholders/participants in the East End Sewerage Service

  • Director Frank Marino, Committee Chair
  • Director Terry Martin
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Linda Worley
  • Goran Denkovski, Manager of Infrastructure and Sustainability

Municipal Finance Authority (MFA)

 

  • Director Andy Morel, RDKB Board Chair
  • Director Terry Martin, RDKB Board Vice Chair
Appointments made annually at Statutory Board meeting

 

Municipal Insurance Association (MIA)

 

  • Director Andy Morel, RDKB Board Chair
  • Director Linda Worley (MIA Alternate)
Appointments made annually at Statutory Board meeting

 

Okanagan Film Commission

  • Director Everett Baker
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2025

 

Policy and Personnel Committee (P & P)

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

  • Director Frank Marino, Committee Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Everett Baker
  • Director Gerry Shaw
  • Director Sharen Gibbs
  • Director Linda Worley

SWMP Steering and Monitoring Committee

 

  • Director Terry Martin, Committee Chair
  • Director Bill Wenman
  • Director Sharen Gibbs
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Director Andy Morel

Utilities Committee

meetings commence at 11 am 2nd Wednesday of the month

  • Director Grace McGregor, Committee Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Terry Martin
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Bill Wenman
  • Director Linda Worley
  • Director Frank Marino
  • Director Sharen Gibbs

Includes participants in East End Sewerage Service

 

West Kootenay Transit Committee (WKTC)

 

East End Services Committee to appoint and recommend to Board
3-year term: January 2024—Dec. 31, 2026

 

Kootenay Boundary Farm Advisors Steering Committee

 

  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Donna Dean, Manager of Planning and Development

Boundary Community Ventures Association (BCVA)

  • James Chandler, General Manager of Operations, staff liaison

appointment made annually - end of term: December 2025

 

Southeastern BC Regional Connectivity Committee (formerly Regional Broadband Committee)

  • Chair Andy Morel
  • Director Bill Wenman
One-year term: October to October
Two directors to be appointed by the RDKB Board—need not be the Board Chair

 

Selkirk Innovates

 

  • Frank Marino
Annual RDKB Appointment