Two Coquitlam councillors will return to their seats at the Metro Vancouver board table in the new year.
Last week, city council unanimously voted to return Couns. Craig Hodge and Teri Towner to the regional authority to represent the municipality; both councillors carry four votes each.
Council also named Hodge and Towner, as well as Mayor Richard Stewart and Couns. Trish Mandewo, Dennis Marsden and Steve Kim, to serve on Metro committees in 2025 (asterisk denotes 2024 incumbent):
- Climate Action Committee
- Coun. Dennis Marsden*
- Electoral Area Committee
- Coun. Trish Mandewo
- Finance Committee
- Coun. Dennis Marsden
- Flood Resiliency Committee
- Coun. Matt Djonlic*
- Housing Committee
- Coun. Teri Towner*
- Indigenous Relations Committee
- Coun. Trish Mandewo*
- Invest Vancouver Management Board
- Mayor Richard Stewart
- Liquid Waste Committee
- Coun. Steve Kim*
- Regional Culture Committee
- Coun. Teri Towner*
- Regional Parks Committee
- Coun. Craig Hodge*
- Regional Planning Committee
- Coun. Craig Hodge*
- Water Committee
- Coun. Craig Hodge*
- Zero Waste Committee
- Coun. Craig Hodge*
Coun. Robert Mazzarolo wished his colleagues luck with the nominations and hoped they get the appointments as “what goes on in Metro Vancouver has a significant impact on Coquitlam.”
Mayor Stewart, who was not at the Nov. 18 council meeting, stepped down as a Metro board member in 2023.
Currently, Metro board and committee members are paid $534 for a meeting up to four hours and $1,068 for a longer meeting. The daily remuneration is capped at $1,068.
Civic appointments
Meanwhile, Coquitlam politicians last week also unanimously ratified the council member appointments for civic advisory committees, statutory entities and external bodies for 2025 (asterisk denotes 2024 incumbent):
Advisory committees
- Accessibility and Inclusion
- Chair = Coun. Matt Djonlic*
- Vice chair = Coun. Steve Kim
- Community Safety
- Chair = Coun. Dennis Marsden
- Vice chair = Coun. Trish Mandewo
- Culture Services
- Chair = Coun. Robert Mazzarolo
- Vice chair = Coun. Teri Towner
- Economic development
- Chair = Coun. Robert Mazzarolo
- Vice chair = Coun. Teri Towner
- Multiculturalism
- Chair = Coun. Matt Djonlic
- Vice chair = Coun. Brent Asmundson*
- Sports and recreation
- Chair = Coun. Craig Hodge
- Vice chair = Coun. Trish Mandewo
- Sustainability and environment
- Chair = Coun. Brent Asmundson
- Vice chair = Coun. Steve Kim
Statutory committees
- Coquitlam Public Library Board
- Coun. Trish Mandewo
- Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel
- Chair = Coun. Matt Djonlic*
- Vice chair = Coun. Robert Mazzarolo*
- Member = Coun. Teri Towner*
External bodies
- Coquitlam Foundation
- Coun. Steve Kim*
- Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable
- Coun. Matt Djonlic
- Fraser Health Municipal Government Advisory Council
- Coun. Dennis Marsden*
- Joint Policing Committee with Port Coquitlam
- Mayor Richard Stewart*
- SD43 Mental Health Task Force
- Coun. Teri Towner*
- Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group
- Coun. Matt Djonlic*
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