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

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 Steve Morissette, Vice Chair
  • Director Mike Walsh

 

Boundary Area Food and Agriculture Advisory Council

TBA

Boundary Invasive Species Committee

 

  • Director Sharen Gibbs
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2023

 

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 Everett Baker, Vice Chair
  • Director Sharen Gibbs
  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director John Bolt

 

Boundary Trails Master Plan Steering Committee

 

  • Director Linda Kay Wiese
  • Director Sharen Gibbs
  • Director Everett Baker
  • Director John Bolt
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
Members are Boundary Directors who wish to sit on this Committee

 

Boundary Agricultural and Food Plan Steering Committee

 Committee Chair
TBA

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 Frank Marino
Appointment open to all elected officials in RDKB jurisdiction
4-year term: 2023 - Dec. 31, 2026.

 

East End Curbside Collection Working Group

  • Director Ali Grieve, Committee Chair
  • Director Terry Martin, Vice Chair
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Mike Walsh
  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair

East End Services Committee (EES)

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

 

  • Director Andy Morel, Committee Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Mike Walsh
  • Director Terry Martin
  • Alternate Director Ray Maslek
  • 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 Ali Grieve, Committee Chair
  • Director Everett Baker, Vice Chair
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Richard Dunsdon
  • Director Grace McGregor
  • Director Terry Martin

 

Electoral Area Services Committee (EAS)

 

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

 

Greenwood/Area 'E' Cemetery Committee

 

  • Director Sharen Gibbs, Committee Chair
  • Director John Bolt

 

Kettle River Watershed Advisory Council (KRWAC)

Forestry - Large Tenure:

  • Ron Palmer, Interfor, Superintendent, Forestry Planner
  • Scott Leslie; Woodlands Supervisor, BCTS (Alternate: Bill Sperling) Forestry - Small Business:
  • Dan MacMaster, Fibre Manager, Vaagen Fibre Canada; West Boundary Community Forest; First Nations (Alternate: Peter Flett)
  • Randy Trerise, Woodlot Licence holder, Trerise Forestry Consultant, and Jewel Lake Environmental Protection Society. (Alternate: David Anderson)

Industry:

  • Maurice Valcourt, Vice President of Utilities, Big White Resort (Alternate: Gord Rowland)
  • Open Mining:
  • David Tindall (Alternate: Ellen Clements, President Boundary Mining Association)
  • Open Agriculture:
  • Jamie Haynes, Farmer, member of the Boundary Agriculture and Food Advisory Council (Alternative: Doug Fossen)
  • Frank Van Oyen, Kettle River Stockman’s Association (Alternative: Doug Fossen)

Stewardship or Environmental Group:

  • Suzanne Adrain-Vincent, Christina Lake Stewardship Society
  • Roy Schiesser, President Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society (Alternate: Ray Hansen)

Tourism and Recreation:

  • Ciel Sander, Trails to the Boundary Society
  • Doug Zorn, Grand Forks ATV Club Water Purveyors:
  • Kathy O’Malley, Fife Water Users Community
  • Mike Jones, Grand Forks and Covert Irrigation Districts Members-at-large:
  • Barb Stewart, Kettle Ecological Consulting and Boundary Habitat Stewards
  • Dan Collen, Beaverdell resident

Ktunaxa Treaty Advisory Committee

 

  • Director Linda Worley, Board Chair
  • Mark Andison, Chief Administrative Officer (Alternate)
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2023

 

Liquid Waste Management Plan Steering Committee (LWMP)

 

  • Director Frank Marino, Committee Chair
  • Director Terry Martin, Vice Chair
  • Director Andy Morel
  • 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 Grace McGregor
Appointment made annually; end of term: December 2023

 

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 Richard Dunsdon, Vice Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Director Everett Baker
  • Director Linda Worley

 

Rural Development Institute (RDI)

Board Chair,Director Linda Worley

SWMP Steering and Monitoring Committee

 

  • Director Grace McGregor, Committee Chair
  • Director Richard Dunsdon, Vice Chair
  • Director Terry Martin
  • Director Steve Morissette
  • Director Linda Worley
  • Director Linda Kay Wiese

 

Utilities Committee

meetings commence at 11 am 2nd Wednesday of the month

 

  • Director Grace McGregor, Committee Chair
  • Director Ali Grieve, Vice Chair
  • Director Terry Martin
  • Director Andy Morel
  • Alternate Director Bill Wenman
  • Director Linda Worley
  • Director Sharen Gibbs
  • Director Frank Marino
Includes participants in East End Sewerage Service

 

West Kootenay Transit Committee (WKTC)

 

  • Director Linda Worley - Electoral Area B/Columbia-Old Glory
  • Director Terry Martin - City of Trail
  • Director Steve Morissette - Village of Fruitvale
East End Services Committee to appoint and recommend to Board
3-year term: January 2021—Dec. 31, 2023

 

Kootenay Boundary Farm Advisors Steering Committee

 

  • Director Sharen Gibbs
  • Mark Andison, Chief Administrative Officer

Boundary Community Ventures Association (BCVA)

 

  • Director Grace McGregor, RDKB Board Vice-Chair
  • Vicki Gee
  • James Chandler, General Manager of Operations/Deputy CAO (non-voting)

appointment made annually - end of term: December 2023

 

Southeastern BC Regional Connectivity Committee (formerly Regional Broadband Committee)

 

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

 

Selkirk Innovates

 

  • Director Grace McGregor
Annual RDKB Appointment