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Councillor Tony Valente serves as acting mayor first, through February 2027.",[62,63,64,65,66],"City of North Vancouver council committees 2027","City of North Vancouver acting mayor","Metro Vancouver board director North Vancouver","Lonsdale Energy Corporation board","inaugural council meeting November 2026",[68,69,70,71,72],"North Vancouver Policing Committee","North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission","Community Safety Advisory Committee","Integrated Transportation Committee","TransLink Mayors' Council",{"type":74,"value":75,"toc":271},"minimark",[76,80,83,88,102,115,118,122,125,129,151,155,168,171,175,178,207,224,227,231,234,257,261,264],[77,78,79],"p",{},"The new City of North Vancouver council took the oath of office on Monday, November 2, 2026. Justice Michael Thomas swore in Mayor Linda Buchanan and Councillors Holly Back, Don Bell, Angela Girard, Andrew Robertson, Shervin Shahriari and Tony Valente. The meeting ran from 6:00 pm to 6:56 pm, and the minutes record two decisions. Both passed unanimously in one motion, moved by Shahriari and seconded by Bell.",[77,81,82],{},"The first named the City's member of the Metro Vancouver board. The second gave each council member seats on City, North Shore and outside boards and committees from November 3, 2026 to December 31, 2027, and set who serves as acting mayor. This is what each person now does, from the staff report the council endorsed.",[84,85,87],"h2",{"id":86},"metro-vancouver-and-translink","Metro Vancouver and TransLink",[77,89,90,91,96,97,101],{},"Mayor ",[92,93,95],"a",{"href":94},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Flinda-buchanan","Linda Buchanan"," is the City's director on the Metro Vancouver board for the four-year term, and Councillor ",[92,98,100],{"href":99},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fangela-girard","Angela Girard"," is the alternate. The same director also sits on the boards of the Greater Vancouver Water District and the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, which Metro Vancouver's fact sheet lists as the body for liquid waste services. A letter from Metro Vancouver in the agenda package asked the City to name one director and give that director 3 votes. The letter says the Metro Vancouver board meets for the first time this term on Friday, November 27, and holds orientation sessions on December 3 and 4.",[77,103,104,105,109,110,114],{},"The letter also says a director must act in the interest of Metro Vancouver at its board, and \"may vote differently at Metro Vancouver than they do as an elected representative of their home jurisdiction, even on the same issue.\" During the campaign Buchanan promised to keep seeking ",[92,106,108],{"href":107},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Flinda-buchanan#promise-wastewater-provincial-relief","direct provincial relief"," for North Shore ratepayers and a ",[92,111,113],{"href":112},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Flinda-buchanan#promise-wastewater-fairness-mechanism","fairness rule for regional cost overruns",".",[77,116,117],{},"As mayor, Buchanan also sits on the TransLink Mayors' Council, by provincial law.",[84,119,121],{"id":120},"the-whole-council","The whole council",[77,123,124],{},"Every council member sits on the Finance Committee, the Policy Committee, the Parks and Recreation Committee and the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel. The mayor chairs all four, and the acting mayor of the day is the alternate chair.",[84,126,128],{"id":127},"policing-safety-and-substance-use","Policing, safety and substance use",[77,130,131,132,136,137,141,142,146,147,114],{},"Buchanan and Councillor ",[92,133,135],{"href":134},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fholly-back","Holly Back"," are the City's council members on the North Vancouver Policing Committee. Back chairs the City's Community Safety Advisory Committee, and Councillor ",[92,138,140],{"href":139},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fshervin-shahriari","Shervin Shahriari"," is its vice-chair. Councillor ",[92,143,145],{"href":144},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fdon-bell","Don Bell"," represents the City on the North Shore Standing Committee on Substance Use. Back's campaign site said she would work on the drug crisis, including ",[92,148,150],{"href":149},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fholly-back#promise-drug-crisis-school-education","substance use education in schools",[84,152,154],{"id":153},"energy-recreation-and-community","Energy, recreation and community",[77,156,157,158,162,163,167],{},"Councillor ",[92,159,161],{"href":160},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Ftony-valente","Tony Valente"," is council's appointee to the Lonsdale Energy Corporation, which the report lists among the City's management bodies. He promised a ",[92,164,166],{"href":165},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Ftony-valente#promise-lonsdale-energy-pathway","carbon-neutral pathway with milestones and public reporting"," for it. Valente and Buchanan sit on the North Vancouver Recreation and Culture Commission, with Back as alternate, and Valente is the City's voting member at the North Shore Neighbourhood House.",[77,169,170],{},"Girard sits on the North Vancouver City Library Board and is the non-voting council liaison to the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Bell sits on the North Vancouver Museum and Archives Commission.",[84,172,174],{"id":173},"planning-transportation-and-heritage","Planning, transportation and heritage",[77,176,177],{},"The council members named to the City's advisory committees are liaisons who do not vote there.",[179,180,181,189,192,195,198,201,204],"ul",{},[182,183,184,185],"li",{},"Advisory Planning Commission: Shahriari and Councillor ",[92,186,188],{"href":187},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fandrew-robertson","Andrew Robertson",[182,190,191],{},"Integrated Transportation Committee: Robertson",[182,193,194],{},"Social Planning Advisory Committee: Robertson",[182,196,197],{},"Advisory Design Panel: Bell",[182,199,200],{},"Heritage Advisory Committee: Shahriari",[182,202,203],{},"North Shore Accessibility Advisory Committee: Shahriari",[182,205,206],{},"Civic Naming Committee: Buchanan as chair, with Bell and Robertson",[77,208,209,210,214,215,219,220,114],{},"Robertson's campaign promises include a ",[92,211,213],{"href":212},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fandrew-robertson#promise-complete-cycling-network","complete, connected cycling network"," and ",[92,216,218],{"href":217},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fandrew-robertson#promise-safe-crossings-traffic-calming","safe crossings and traffic calming",". Shahriari promised ",[92,221,223],{"href":222},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fshervin-shahriari#promise-heritage-tree-incentives","incentives to protect heritage buildings and mature trees",[77,225,226],{},"Buchanan is also the City's member of the Vancouver Coastal Health and North Shore local governance liaison group, and its liaison to the Park and Tilford Gardens Review Board.",[84,228,230],{"id":229},"acting-mayor","Acting mayor",[77,232,233],{},"Council members take turns as acting mayor, two months each:",[179,235,236,239,242,245,248,251,254],{},[182,237,238],{},"November and December 2026: Valente",[182,240,241],{},"January and February 2027: Valente",[182,243,244],{},"March and April 2027: Bell",[182,246,247],{},"May and June 2027: Girard",[182,249,250],{},"July and August 2027: Robertson",[182,252,253],{},"September and October 2027: Shahriari",[182,255,256],{},"November and December 2027: Back",[84,258,260],{"id":259},"the-next-dates","The next dates",[77,262,263],{},"The City's list of important dates for the new council sets the first regular council meeting of the term for Monday, November 16, 2026, at 6 pm. Council orientation sessions are on November 18, a council workshop on November 23, a community tour on November 14 and visits to partner agencies on November 28. The North Vancouver Board of Education, which includes the three trustees the City elected, holds its inaugural meeting on Tuesday, November 17, at 6:30 pm.",[77,265,266,267,114],{},"The appointments end on December 31, 2027, and council sets new ones each year. Each person's votes in the new term will appear on their page, and every campaign promise is on the ",[92,268,270],{"href":269},"\u002Fbc\u002Fnorth-vancouver-city-2026\u002Ftracker","City of North Vancouver promise tracker",{"title":272,"searchDepth":273,"depth":273,"links":274},"",2,[275,276,277,278,279,280,281],{"id":86,"depth":273,"text":87},{"id":120,"depth":273,"text":121},{"id":127,"depth":273,"text":128},{"id":153,"depth":273,"text":154},{"id":173,"depth":273,"text":174},{"id":229,"depth":273,"text":230},{"id":259,"depth":273,"text":260},[283,284,285,286,287,288,289],"linda-buchanan","angela-girard","tony-valente","holly-back","don-bell","shervin-shahriari","andrew-robertson","md",[292,295,298,301,304,307,310,313],{"question":293,"answer":294},"Who represents the City of North Vancouver on the Metro Vancouver board?","Mayor Linda Buchanan is the City of North Vancouver's director on the Metro Vancouver board for the four-year term of council, and Councillor Angela Girard is the alternate director. Council endorsed both appointments at its inaugural meeting on November 2, 2026, and the Metro Vancouver board holds its own inaugural meeting on November 27.",{"question":296,"answer":297},"Who is acting mayor of the City of North Vancouver?","Councillor Tony Valente is acting mayor of the City of North Vancouver for November and December 2026 and for January and February 2027. Then come Don Bell in March and April, Angela Girard in May and June, Andrew Robertson in July and August, Shervin Shahriari in September and October, and Holly Back in November and December 2027.",{"question":299,"answer":300},"Who sits on the North Vancouver Policing Committee for the City?","Mayor Linda Buchanan and Councillor Holly Back are the City of North Vancouver's council members on the North Vancouver Policing Committee for 2027. Back also chairs the City's Community Safety Advisory Committee, with Councillor Shervin Shahriari as vice-chair, under the appointments council endorsed on November 2, 2026.",{"question":302,"answer":303},"Who represents the City on the Lonsdale Energy Corporation board?","Councillor Tony Valente is the City of North Vancouver council's appointee to the Lonsdale Energy Corporation for 2027. During the campaign he told Vote4Tomorrow he supports a Lonsdale Energy carbon-neutral pathway with milestones and public reporting, a promise on the voche.me tracker that is marked not started.",{"question":305,"answer":306},"Which council member sits on the City's transportation committee?","Councillor Andrew Robertson is the City of North Vancouver council's liaison to the Integrated Transportation Committee for 2027. He also sits as liaison on the Advisory Planning Commission, with Councillor Shervin Shahriari, and on the Social Planning Advisory Committee and the Civic Naming Committee.",{"question":308,"answer":309},"What did the City of North Vancouver council decide at its inaugural meeting?","The City of North Vancouver council made two decisions on November 2, 2026, both carried unanimously in one motion moved by Shervin Shahriari and seconded by Don Bell: it endorsed Linda Buchanan and Angela Girard for the Metro Vancouver board, and it endorsed council's 2027 appointments to boards and committees.",{"question":311,"answer":312},"When does the new City of North Vancouver council hold its first regular meeting?","The City of North Vancouver's first regular council meeting of the term is on Monday, November 16, 2026, at 6 pm, according to the City's list of important dates for the new council. A council workshop follows on November 23, and the North Vancouver Board of Education holds its inaugural meeting on November 17.",{"question":314,"answer":315},"Who sits on the North Vancouver City Library Board?","Councillor Angela Girard is the City of North Vancouver council's appointee to the North Vancouver City Library Board for 2027. She is also the council liaison to the North Vancouver Community Arts Council, as a non-voting member, under the appointments endorsed at the inaugural meeting on November 2, 2026.",{"short":317,"long":318,"hashtags":319},"The new City of North Vancouver council has its jobs. Linda Buchanan sits on the Metro Vancouver board, Tony Valente on the Lonsdale Energy board, and Valente is acting mayor until the end of February.","At its inaugural meeting on November 2, the City of North Vancouver council named Mayor Linda Buchanan its director on the Metro Vancouver board for the four-year term, with Councillor Angela Girard as alternate. Councillor Holly Back joins the mayor on the North Vancouver Policing Committee and chairs the Community Safety Advisory Committee. Councillor Andrew Robertson is the council member on the Integrated Transportation Committee. 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