Meet Your Mayor & Council

An elected Council comprising a mayor and six councillors governs the City of Nelson. Councillors are elected for three-year terms and each member of Council represents the City at large. The Local Government Act gives Council the authority to set budgets, levy taxes and establish policies to guide the growth, development and operation of the City for the benefit and protections of its citizens.

The current City Council was elected November 15, 2008, to govern for the three-year period from December 2008 to the first Monday in December 2011.

 

Mayor John Dooley

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Police Board
  • RDCK Board
  • Recreation Commission
  • Emergency Program Executive
  • Tri-Cities Mayors
  • Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board Member

Councillor Bob Adams

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Emergency Program Executive
  • Advisory Planning Commission
  • Grievance Committee (Alternate)
  • Treaty Advisory Committee
  • Environment Portfolio
  • Healthy Communities Portfolio

Councillor Kim Charlesworth

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Library Board (Alternate)
  • Arts & Culture Portfolio 
  • Capitol Theatre
  • Community Heritage Commission
  • Cultural Development Commission (Alternate)
  • Environment Portfolio
  • Touchstones Museum Board (Alternate) 

Councillor Robin Cherbo

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Emergency Program Executive
  • Grievance Committee
  • Nelson Electric Tramway
  • Nelson Pilot's Association
  • Healthy Communities Portfolio
  • Economic Development/Business/Tourism and Events Portfolio (Alternate)

Councillor Deb Kozak

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Nelson Economic Development Partnership
  • Youth Centre Advisory Committee
  • Affordable Housing
  • Recreation & Youth Portfolio
  • Economic Development/Business/Tourism & Events Portfolio

Councillor Donna Macdonald

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Library Board
  • RDCK Board (Alternate)  
  • Capitol Theatre (Alternate)
  • Cultural Development Commission
  • Community Heritage Commission (Alternate)
  • Arts and Culture Portfolio
  • Touchstones Museum Board
  • Environment Portfolio
  • Nelson Housing Forum 

Councillor Marg Stacey

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Nelson Economic Development Partnership
  • Youth Centre Advisory Committee
  • Advisory Planning Commission (Alternate)
  • Recreation & Youth Portfolio
  • Recreation Commission 
  • Economic Development/Business/Tourism & Events Portfolio

Acting Mayor

The monthly Acting Mayor's schedule indicates which Councillor will fill in for the Mayor if he is away on holidays or out of town on business. The Acting Mayor is also the first to be contacted if the Mayor is unavailable for an event, speaking engagement, etc.

Acting Mayor 2010

  • January - Donna Macdonald
  • February - Bob Adams
  • March - Bob Adams
  • April - Deb Kozak
  • May - Deb Kozak
  • June - Kim Charlesworth
  • July - Kim Charlesworth
  • August - Robin Cherbo
  • September - Robin Cherbo
  • October - Marg Stacey
  • November - Marg Stacey

 

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