June 15, 2009 - District of Mission

Municipal Forest — 50 th Year Anniversary
Introduction and Overview
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Mayor and Council
2008 - 2011
Councillor Mike Scudder; Councillor Danny Plecas; Councillor Paul Horn; Chief
Administrative Officer, Glen Robertson; Councillor Terry Gidda; (back row Ito r)
Councillor Jenny Stevens; Mayor James Atebe; Councillor Heather Stewart (front row
I to r)
Mission's Mayor and council were each elected for a three-year term in the municipal election that
was held in November of 2008. The Mayor chairs the regular meetings of council, (three meetings
per month), and the public is encouraged to attend. Each council member is appointed to a number
of boards and external committees, select and standing committees, commissions, and task forces
such as:
Abbotsford/Mission Water & Sewer Commission; Mission/Abbotsford Transit Committee;
Communities in Bloom Committee; Downtown Mission Business Association; Fraser
Valley Regional District (FVRD) Board of Directors, and Hospital Board of Directors, and
Fraser Valley Treaty Advisory Committee and Regional Library Board; Lifetime Learning
Centre Society; Mission Association for Senior Housing; Mission Arts Council Board of
Directors; Mission District Historical Society; Mission Community Foundation; Mission
Community Health Planning Study Steering Committee; Mission Heritage Association;
Mission Regional Chamber of Commerce; Downtown Coalition; Economic Development
Select Committee; Municipal Grants Committee; Traffic Safety Select Committee; Social
Development Commission; Mission Community Heritage Commission; Cultural Resources
Commission; and the Downtown Mission Revitalization Task Force.
2008 Annual Report - District of Mission
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