Community officials and their responsibilities
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Community responsibilities are an individual's duties or obligations to the community and include cooperation, respect and participation. The concept goes beyond thinking and acting as individuals to common beliefs about shared interests and life. A basic community responsibility is voting in elections.
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Council roles and responsibilities
The council is the governing body of the municipal corporation and the custodian of its powers, both legislative and administrative.
The Municipal Government Act (MGA) provides that councils can only exercise the powers of the municipal corporation in the proper form, either by bylaw or resolution.
Councillors
Under the MGA, councillors have the duty to:
consider the welfare and interests of the municipality as a whole and, to bring to council's attention anything that would promote the welfare or interests of the municipality
participate generally in developing and evaluating the policies and programs of the municipality
participate in council meetings and council committee meetings and meetings of other bodies they are appointed to by the council
obtain information about the operation or administration of the municipality from the chief administrative officer
keep in confidence matters discussed in private at a council meeting until discussed at a meeting held in public
perform any other duty or function imposed on councillors by this or any other enactment or by the council.
Chief Elected Official (CEO)
The CEO can be a mayor, reeve or I.D. chairperson.
The CEO, in addition to performing a councillor's duties, must preside when attending a council meeting, unless a bylaw provides otherwise.
The CEO must also perform any other duty imposed under the MGA or any other enactment. In practice, the CEO is also generally the main spokesperson for the municipality, unless that duty is delegated to another councillor.
The CEO of a city or town is elected by a vote of a municipality's electors, unless the council passes a bylaw requiring council to appoint the CEO from among the councillors.
In a village, summer village, or municipal district, council appoints the CEO from among the councillors unless it passes a bylaw providing that the official is to be elected by a vote of the municipality's electors.
The CEO role, unless a bylaw says otherwise, includes:
chairperson of council
consensus seeker amongst members of council
liaison with senior elected officials
ex officio member on various boards and committees
key representative with regard to ceremonial responsibilities
liaison with other levels of government
advice with regard to policy development
A deputy CEO will assume this role if the CEO is not available.
To learn more about elected officials visit these websites:
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA)
deals with issues and services for urban municipalities
Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA)
deals with issues and services for rural municipalities
Interests of the municipality
A councillor is elected to look after the interests of the entire municipality.
A councillor who is in a municipality that has wards must be careful not to place the interest of the ward or electoral district above the interest of the whole municipality.
Council's effectiveness depends on councillors providing input on their areas while thinking and voting for the whole municipality.
Councillors also have to make certain that they do not put themselves in a conflict of interest situation.
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
Every council must establish, by bylaw, a position of CAO. The council may give the position an appropriate title, such as Town Manager or Administrator.
The CAO is the administrative head of the municipality.
The CAO's responsibilities include:
ensuring that the municipality's policies and programs are implemented
advising and informing the council on the operation of the municipality
performing other duties assigned by the council
ensuring appropriate staffing is in place
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