Office of the Municipal Clerk

Advisory Boards, Committees

and Commissions of

Halifax Regional Council

Regional Council Advisory Boards, Committees and Commissions

A-C | D-F | G-J | K-P | Q-S | T-Z

Community Council Advisory Committees

How to Volunteer

How to Volunteer

Mayor Kelly and Members of Regional Council appreciate and encourage citizen participation on Municipal Boards, Committees and Commissions. To be eligible for these voluntary positions you must be a resident of Halifax Regional Municipality.

Each year in September HRM advertises in local newspapers and on the HRM website for volunteers to serve on Boards, Committees and Commissions. In addition to this annual recruitment process, vacancies may arise at other times throughout the year and are advertised separately.  Committees which Citizens may select as their preference to serve on are marked with the following (C). 

You may submit your application electronically using the form provided or if you prefer you may print the application form and mail or fax it to the Office of the Municipal Clerk.

Regional Council Advisory Boards, Committees and Commissions

A-C

• Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee
• Active Transportation Advisory Committee (C)
• Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities (C)
• Alderney Landing Project - Board of Directors
• Appeals Committee
• Audit Committee
• Bedford Days Executive Committee (C)
• Bedford Watershed Advisory Board (C)
• Board of Police Commissioners (C)
• 2011 Canada Winter Games Board
• CAO Review Committee
• Canadian Urban Transit Association
• Community Monitoring Committee (C)

D-F

• Dangerous and Unsightly Premises Committee
• Dartmouth Lakes Advisory Board (C)
• Design Review Committee (C)
• Destination Marketing Organization
• District 12 Planning Advisory Committee (C)
• Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission
• Downtown Halifax Business Commission
• Emergency Management Advisory Committee
• Energy and Underground Services Advisory Committee
• Federation of Canadian Municipalities (National Board of Directors)
• FCM 2011 Conference Council Advisory Committee

G-J

• Governance & Boundary Review Committee
• Graffiti Task Force Committee
• Grants Committee (C)
• Greater Halifax Partnership (New Entity)
• HRM Capital District Commission
• HRM Tax Reform Committee (C)
• Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission
• Halifax-Dartmouth Canada Day Committee (C)
• Halifax-Dartmouth Natal Day Steering Committee (C)
• Halifax Watershed Advisory Board (C)
• Halifax International Airport Authority Board (C)
• Halifax Port Authority (C)
• Halifax Regional Library Board (C)
• Halifax Regional Water Commission (C)
• Heritage Advisory Committee (C)
• Herring Cove Advisory Steering Committee (C)
• Investment Policy Advisory Committee(C)

K-P

• Mainland Common Recreation Committee
• Membership Selection Committee
• Metropolitan Regional Housing Authority(C)
• Mobile Home Park Advisory Committee
• Neptune Theatre Foundation
• North West Planning Advisory Committee(C)
• North West Transit Advisory Committee (C)
• Point Pleasant Park Advisory Committee (C)
• Police Commission (C)
• Private Roads Committee

Q-S

• Quinpool Road Mainstreet District Committee
• Regional Plan Advisory Committee(C)
• Regional Youth Advisory Committee(C)
• Rural Fire Management Committee
• Shubenacadie Canal Commission(C)
• Solid Waste Resource Advisory Committee
• Special Events Advisory Committee(C)
• Spring Garden Road Area Business Association
• 

T-Z

• Taxi and Limousine Advisory Committee(C)
• Tax Reform Committee(C)
• Trade Centre Limited
• Transportation Association of Canada
• Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities
• Urban Design Task Force(C)
• Volunteer Award Recipients Committee
• Western Region Common Wilderness Common Advisory Committee (C)
• Youth Advisory Committee(C)

Community Council Advisory Committees

• Bedford Watershed Advisory Board (C)
• Dartmouth Lakes Advisory Board (C)
• District 12 Planning Advisory Committee(C)
• Halifax Watershed Advisory Board(C)
• North West Planning Advisory Committee (C)
• North West Transit Advisory Committee (C)
• Herring Cove Advisory Steering Committee (C)
• Western Region Common Wilderness Common Advisory Committee (C)

For more information, please contact the Office of the Municipal Clerk.