SUBJECT: Staff Report
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Community Engagement and Transparency Policy
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PRESENTER: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 45 Minutes
only required for non-consent items
FISCAL INFORMATION: N/A
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff is requesting the Board of Trustees provide staff with comments on the preliminary draft of the proposed Community Engagement and Transparency Policy .
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The Board of Trustees identified the need for a Community engagement, effective communication and transparency policy as their number three priority for the 2019 Work Plan. Staff’s objective for this task is to develop for Board consideration a policy and supporting materials to guide the Town’s approach to community engagement on all issues (understanding some issues do not benefit from community engagement, while others benefit from or even require significant engagement), as well as the Town’s approach to fostering effective communications while promoting process transparency and easy access to public information.
With that objective in mind, staff will review staff’s preliminary draft of the Policy and related materials.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Community Engagement and Transparency Policy
2. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY