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10/6/16 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AN OVERVIEW OF GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY Governance Study Electoral Area C (South Shuswap) Steering Committee Meeting October 13, 2016 GOVERNANCE IN CSRD 1 10/6/16 PROVINCE OF BRITISH

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Governance Study – Electoral Area C (South Shuswap) Steering Committee Meeting October 13, 2016

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA AN OVERVIEW OF GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE DELIVERY GOVERNANCE IN CSRD

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  • Province-wide services:
  • Regulations and standards
  • Education
  • Health care
  • Service to unincorporated areas:
  • Roads
  • Policing
  • Subdivision approval
  • Provincial legislation guides local government

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

  • Community Charter
  • Recognition of municipalities as autonomous order of

government with key spheres of jurisdiction

  • Broad corporate, regulatory, and service powers to

address community needs

  • Local Government Act
  • Recognition of regional districts as independent,

responsible order of government

  • Many powers within Community Charter apply to

regional districts

  • E.g. authority to determine community needs and

provide services to meet these needs

LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BC

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  • A regional district is a federation of municipalities and

electoral areas

  • Governed by Board of Directors
  • Three Major Roles
  • 1. Local government and service delivery for unincorporated

electoral areas

  • 2. Sub-regional services
  • 3. Regional services

REGIONAL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE

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  • Board of Directors
  • Only form of

representation for electoral area residents

  • Public input

collected through consultations, committees, and

  • ther formats as

needed

REGIONAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATION

  • Directors’ ability to vote and number of votes depends
  • n situation
  • Types of voting:
  • Unweighted corporate vote – matter impacts entire

region

  • Weighted corporate vote – money matters
  • Weighted stakeholder vote – matters impacting

specific jurisdictions

REGIONAL DISTRICT VOTING

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  • Board must adopt five-year financial plan for operating and

capital expenditures, as well as revenue sources

  • Services funded through dedicated service funds
  • Funding through property taxes, parcel taxes, fees, and

charges

  • Regional district provides ‘tax requisitions’
  • Property taxes collected by Province in electoral

areas

  • Property taxes collected by municipalities in

incorporated areas

REGIONAL DISTRICT FINANCE

  • Provincial rural tax
  • Police tax
  • Taxes for schools, hospitals, BC Assessment, and

Municipal Finance Authority

  • Taxes for Regional District services
  • Other applicable parcel taxes and/or user fees

ELECTORAL AREA TAXATION & COST RECOVERY

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EXAMPLES OF CSRD SERVICES

  • Village: 2,500 residents or less
  • Town: 2,501 to 4,000 residents
  • Town of Golden
  • City: over 5,000 residents
  • City of Revelstoke
  • City of Salmon Arm
  • District Municipality: > 800 hectares with population

density less than 5 persons/hectare

  • District of Sicamous

MUNICIPAL CLASSIFICATION

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  • Autonomous, responsible, and accountable order of

government

  • Elected municipal council serves as corporate and governing

body of municipality

  • Concurrent regulatory authority with province regarding:
  • Public health
  • Natural environment
  • Wildlife
  • Building standards
  • Prohibition of soil deposit or removal

MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE

  • Strategic plans
  • Financial plans
  • Policy setting
  • Decision-making on

municipal services

  • Municipal bylaws
  • Appointing representatives

to other boards (e.g. regional district)

  • Appointing administrative
  • fficials
  • Determining internal
  • rganization of

municipality

ROLES OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT

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  • Must prepare five-year financial plan subject to public

consultation

  • Services funded through tax revenue and charges

collected by the municipality

  • Property taxes
  • Parcel taxes
  • User fees and charges
  • Greater budget flexibility than regional districts

MUNICIPAL FINANCE

  • Specially incorporated, limited-purpose body
  • Governed by elected boards of trustees
  • Provincial policy:
  • No new improvement districts
  • Not eligible for senior government grants

IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

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  • Supplementary policymaking, administration, and service

delivery bodies within regional districts or municipalities

  • Type dependent on need:
  • Standing Committees
  • Select Committees
  • Advisory Bodies
  • Boards and Commissions
  • Corporations
  • Local Community Commissions

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES

  • Local Government Act enables Treaty First Nation

membership on regional district boards

  • Municipal type service agreements enable First Nation and

municipalities/regional districts to enter service-sharing agreements

FIRST NATIONS