City Council Meetings

City Council and Committee of the Whole meetings are held on Mondays and are open to the public. All meetings will be held at City Hall and air live on Shaw TV Cable 10.

Schedules, Agendas and Minutes

Upcoming City Council Meetings
Current and Approved Agendas and Minutes
2013 Annual Calendar of Council and Committee of the Whole Meetings

How Decisions are Made

Council and Committee of the Whole meetings are held in accordance with By-law No. 128 - 2012 (see PDF link below). Members of City Council participate in Committee of the Whole meetings to examine and review corporate reports and recommendations from administration. Each month, Committee of the Whole sessions are held for:

Community Services
Planning
Operations
Administrative Services

Members of Council, by resolution, make decisions out of those meetings that are then ratified at Council meetings. Other committees are established by Council to undertake statutory responsibilities as delegated by Council or to implement policies approved by Council including:

Committee of Adjustment
Heritage Advisory Committee
Ad Hoc Advisory Committees as approved at the discretion of Council to review a specific issue within a specified timeframe

Read By-law No. 128 - 2012 Adobe PDF, 34 pages, 329 KB

Your Input

City Council and Administration welcome your input on the issues that concern residents and organizations in Thunder Bay. Residents and businesses can arrange to have a letter included in an agenda or to make a presentation or deputation to a committee by writing to the City Clerk.

City of Thunder Bay
Office of the City Clerk

Address:	City Hall, 3rd floor 500 Donald Street E P.O. Box 800 Thunder Bay ON P7C 5K4
Tel:	(807) 625-2230
Fax:	(807) 623-5468