Board of Directors

There are eleven municipalities in MVCA’s jurisdiction and each is entitled to appoint at least one member to the Board of Directors. The number of municipal appointees to the Board is based upon the population of the municipality within the watershed. Municipalities may appoint elected and unelected members to the Board.

In addition, the province has appointed an independent Agricultural Representative to the Board. There are 18 Board Members in total, as set out below.

Executive Committee

The mandate of this committee is to:

Review and provide guidance regarding agenda.
Annual work planning and performance review of the General Manager.
May approve the tender and award of WECI-funded contracts falling within budgets approved by the Board.
While in a state of Emergency Operations, may also carryout items B) 1. c) ii, iv, vi, and xv on behalf of the Board.

Current members are the following:

Board Chair, Paul Kehoe
Board Vice Chair, Jeff Atkinson
Chair of the Finance & Administration Committee, Janet Mason
Chair of the Policy & Planning, Bev Holmes

Municipality	Member	Contact
Addington Highlands, Township of	Helen Yanch, Councillor	hyanch@addingtonhighlands.ca 613-336-8774
Beckwith Township	Richard Kidd, Reeve	Rkidd@twp.beckwith.on.ca 613-257-1539
Carleton Place, Town of	Jeff Atkinson, Councillor	jatkinson@carletonplace.ca 613-301-5823
Carleton Place, Town of	Dena Comley, Councillor	dcomley@carletonplace.ca 613-250-0484
Central Frontenac, Township of	Cindy Kelsey, Councillor	ckelsey@centralfrontenac.com 613-336-8277
Drummond/North Elmsley, Township of	Paul Kehoe, Councillor	pauljdar@gmail.com 613-200-1272
Greater Madawaska, Township of	Taylor Popkie, Councillor	tpopkie@greatermadawaska.com 613-433-4457
Lanark Highlands, Township of	Jeannie Kelso, Councillor	jkelso@lanarkhighlands.ca 613-278-1391
Mississippi Mills, Municipality of	Bev Holmes, Councillor	bholmes@mississippimills.ca 613-316-0501
Mississippi Mills, Municipality of	Mary Lou Souter, Councillor	msouter@mississippimills.ca 613-256-2064
North Frontenac, Township of	Roy Huetl, Councillor	royfhuetl@gmail.com 613-812-9462
Ottawa, City of	Glen Gower, Councillor	glen.gower@ottawa.ca 613-580-2476
Ottawa, City of	Cathy Curry, Councillor	cathy.curry@ottawa.ca 613-580-2474
Ottawa, City of	Clarke Kelly, Councillor	clarke.kelly@ottawa.ca 613-580-2475
Ottawa, City of	Allan Hubley, Councillor	allan.hubley@ottawa.ca 613-580-2752
Ottawa, City of	Janet Mason, citizen app.	masonjl@xplornet.com 613-276-1066
Tay Valley Township	Wayne Baker, Councillor	wbaker.councillor@tayvalleytwp.ca 613-203-4691
Provincial Agricultural Representative	Steven Lewis	lewisfarms@storm.ca 613-978-1589

Finance & Administration (F&A)

The mandate of this committee is to consider and make recommendations to the Board regarding:

Annual budget, audit, and financial statements
Borrowing and reserve fund management
Wages, benefits, per diems, honorariums, and mileage rates
Fee setting and other cost recovery
Personnel matters
Organizational structure
Employee Manual policies
H&S Manual policies
Procurement policies

Current members are the following:

Janet Mason, Chair
Roy Huetl, Vice Chair
Richard Kidd
Jeff Atkinson
Paul Kehoe
Jeannie Kelso
Mary Lou Souter
Cathy Curry
Andrew Kendrick
Allan Hubley

Policy & Planning (P&P)

The mandate of this committee is to consider and make recommendations to the Board regarding:

Conservation Authority legislative and regulatory matters, and policies and plans thereunder that are not financial in nature. This includes resource management, conservation and other matters falling under Sections 20 and 21 of the Act.
All Administrative By-law matters and policies and plans thereunder that are not addressed by the F&A Advisory Committee.

Current members are the following:

Bev Holmes, Chair
Dena Comley, Vice Chair
Cindy Kelsey
Taylor Popkie
E. Helen Yanch
Clarke Kelly
Glen Gower
Steven Lewis
Wayne Baker

Regulations

This Committee is an Administrative Tribunal within the definitions of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act. Section 28(3) of the Conservation Authorities Act allows for a hearing before this Committee before an application is refused. It is the purpose of the Regulations Committee to evaluate the information presented at the hearing by both Conservation Authority staff and the applicant and to decide whether the application will be approved or refused.

Current members are the following:

Paul Kehoe, ex-officio
Jeff Atkinson, ex-officio
Janet Mason
Richard Kidd

Other

MVCA has two citizen advisory committees:

Mississippi River Watershed Plan Public Advisory Committee (PAC); and
Mill of Kintail Museum Advisory Committee (MAC)

Mississippi River Watershed Plan PAC

The role of the PAC is to:

help gauge community interest in specific actions;
provide input to the annual prioritization of actions;
disseminate and collect information within their target sectors and communities to support project design and delivery;
support community uptake and project implementation by engaging with member municipalities and community partners; and
provide constructive feedback regarding implementation successes and challenges.

Current PAC members are the following:

Dena Comley, Board Co-chair
Katie Surra
Bruce Moore
Doreen Donald
Ed Giffin
Terry MacHardy
John Karau

Mill of Kintail Museum Advisory Committee

The purpose of the museum advisory committee is to advise the Authority on the protection, promotion and presentation of the Dr. R. Tait McKenzie Collection and James Naismith Collection, and help to facilitate the development of the Mill of Kintail site and programming.

Current MAC members are the following:

Bev Holmes, Board member liaison and Co-chair
Darcy Moses, Board Co-chair
Wendy Bridges
Lucy Carleton
Diana Jackson
Sara Chatfield
Kathy McNenly
Sarah More

Scheduled Meetings

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