(1) The responsibilities of Nominations Committee include considering and recommending to Council applicants to appoint to BCCs.
(2) Nominations Committee shall report directly to Council.
(3) Nominations Committee will meet as required to carry out its mandate and will meet at least once a year to review public member applications and provide recommendations to Council for appointments to various BCCs.
(4) In a year of a General Election, Nomination Committee will not meet from Nomination Day to Election Day.
(5) Additional meetings of Nominations Committee will be called or cancelled at the call of the Chair.
(6) Councillors are appointed to Nominations Committee at the annual Organizational Meeting of Council, or at other times required by Nominations Committee, for a one-year term expiring on the day of the Organizational Meeting.
(7) Nominations Committee shall act in accordance with the Governance and Appointments of Boards, Commissions and Committees Policy.
(8) Nominations Committee may sit in smaller panels to finalize interview questions and/or conduct interviews. The smaller panels may recommend nominations to Council.
(9) Nominations Committee may consider an applicant for appointment to a BCC to which the applicant did not apply if the applicant meets the Eligibility and Qualification requirements as defined in the Governance and Appointments of Boards, Commissions
and Committees Policy.
(10) Nominations Committee may determine that recruitment has not resulted in sufficient or suitable applications and request additional advertising and recruitment. Nominations Committee will recommend to Council that funding be approved for additional advertising and recruitment.