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Committees

In addition to Council sitting as Committee of Whole or as Council, there are many District/Local Boards or Committees that Council elects/appoints council members, staff, and members of the public to. 

Some District/Local Boards have members that are shared by multiple municipalities and most of these organizations levy money from the municipality under legislative authority or make special funding requests.

The main distinction between a Board and a Committee is that a Board can exercise its granted powers, a committee is more of an advisory group that makes reports/recommendations to a Board or a Council. District Boards are created under different pieces of legislation and may have Council appointees on their Boards and as such there may be no control by your local Council. Local Boards can be created by separate legislation or by a single or by a group of municipalities again how it is created will decide how decision making is made. Examples of these are as follows:

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
Environment
 All of Council
Finance and Administration
 All of Council
Technology All of Council 
Human Resources
 All of Council
Planning and Building
 All of Council
Public Works
 All of Council
Strategic
 All of Council
Planning
Committee of Adjustment
The Archipelago Area Planning Board

All members of Council, as approved by By-law
1 member of Council from each ward and 2 members from the unincorporated Townships
  
TASK FORCES/COMMITTEES
Nominating Reeve and 2 Members of Council
Property Standards Reeve and 2 Members of Council
 Water Access Task ForceReeve and 6 Members of Council 
AGENCIES/BOARDS/COMMITTEES
Belvedere Heights Home for The Aged Board
1 Member of Council if selected from a designated group of municipalities
(McDougall, Archipelago, Carling)
District of Parry Sound Social Service Administration Board
As per the Board's Representation By-law
District of Parry Sound Municipal Association
1 Member of Council or a citizen representative if selected from a designated group
of municipalities (Town of Parry Sound, Archipelago)
Georgian Cliffs Memorial Park Cemetery Advisory Committee
3 Member of Council and 2 Citizen members
Georgian Bay Association Coastal Protection Committee1 Member of Council
Georgian Bay Association Floating Cottage Strategy Committee 1 Member of Council
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative1 Member of Council 
Muskoka Watershed Community Round Table1 Member of Council
North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
1 Member of Council if selected from a designated group of municipalities (McDougall, Archipelago, Carling, McKellar, Whitestone, Seguin, Town of Parry Sound)
Nurse Practitioner Lead Clinic Advisory Committee1 Member of Council 
Parry Sound Area Chamber of Commerce
1 Member of Council
Parry Sound Community Policing Advisory Committee
1 Member of Council 
Parry Sound District Emergency Medical Services Committee
1 Member of Council
Parry Sound Public Library Board
1 Member of Council or a citizen representative
Safe Quiet Lakes1 Member of Council 
West Parry Sound District Museum
1 Member of Council
West Parry Sound Recreation and Cultural Centre Joint Municipal Board1 Member of Council 


Often municipalities may set up temporary committees to address very specific projects, i.e. fund raising for a specific cause, trail planning, master plans for recreation and culture, etc.