November 4 Council Notes: Langely City Committee Appointments, Volunteer for a Committee, Other Appointments and Housekeeping

Every year, Langley City Council appoints members of Council to both our City run committees, external committees, and organizations that we are a part of, such as the Metro Vancouver Regional District and Fraser Valley Regional Library.

Last night, Council reappointed Councillor Rosemary Wallace as our Fraser Valley Regional Library representative and appointed Councillor Delaney Mack as our alternative if Councillor Wallace is unable to attend a meeting.

Council also reappointed Councillor Paul Albrecht to the Metro Vancouver Regional District Board and reappointed Councillor Wallace as our alternative.

Council also made a series of other appointments for 2025, which you can read more about in the November 4th Council agenda. There were a few changes to note. Langley City's Community Day and Magic of Christmas Festival and the Langley Christmas Bureau were heavily driven by the Council committee back in the day. Committees are not used today as they have been handled by internal City staff working groups and volunteers for the last several years. So, while Council will always be involved, there is no need to make committee appointments.

While Langley City is still a strong supporter of the Langley Human Dignity Coalition, scheduling conflicts have prevented council members from attending over the last year. As such, we did not appoint a representative this year.

It is also the time of the year for people in our community to put their names forward to volunteer for committees. If you'd like to learn more about Langley City committees, please visit the City's committee webpage. You can apply on that page for 2025 committee appointments.

Council also repealed old policies for committees that we no longer have, such as the Social Planning Committee, Event & Parade Committees, and Youth Advisory Committee (youth reps are part of all our City committees now.) Council repealed old policies on alerting the press of a Council meeting agenda (the policy stating we should use a fax machine) and a "Notice to Public" policy, which more robust policies have superseded.