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Administrator and Corporate Services
 
The City Administrator directs the overall operation of the City. She oversees the four City departments - Corporate Administration, Financial Administration, Public Works and the Fire Department.



Appointed by Council, she is Council's staff liaison, providing advice and recommendations with regard to policies, as well as ensuring that policies, directives and other decisions of Council are carried out.

The Administrator is the City's key liaison with other agencies operating within, or on behalf of, the City, such as the R.C.M.P., Grand Forks Public Library, the Boundary Museum and the Chamber of Commerce, to name a few.

The Administrator is responsible for labour and service contracts, and land sales and acquisitions negotiations. As well, she is the individual responsible for communicating Council's decisions to the public and the media.

The City's Chief Administration Officer is Lynne Burch.

Corporate Administration:

The Corporate Officer is the municipal officer assigned the responsibility of Corporate Administration. Appointed by Council, and reporting to the Administrator, the Corporate Officer's statutory duties include:

• Ensuring that minutes of all Council and Committee meetings are prepared accurately and that these minutes are kept secured
• The drafting of bylaws and other records of the City of Grand Forks
• Certifying bylaws and other documents
• Ensuring that access is provided to local government records as required by law

In addition to the above statutory duties, the Corporate Officer coordinates the drafting of contracts, the preparation of all meeting agendas, administration of the Collective Agreement.


The Corporate Officer's department staff includes:
Diane Heinrich, Corporate Officer
Kathy LaBossiere, Planning Technician



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