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“The

fo

unda

tion

of

a

dem

ocra

tic

soci

ety”

REPR

ESEN

TATI

ON

MEM

BER

SER

VICE

S

Wha

t do a

villa

ge of

500 p

eople

and a

city

of ov

er 50

0,000

or a

highly

urba

nized

metr

opoli

tan re

gion a

nd a

rural

distr

ict ha

ve in

com

mon

?

They

share

a ne

ed fo

r eff e

ctive

and a

ccou

ntab

le loc

al go

vern

men

t - th

e fou

ndati

on of

a de

moc

ratic

socie

ty. T

hey

want

a wa

y of m

eetin

g the

need

s of t

heir c

omm

unitie

s in t

he

best

way p

ossib

le.

One o

f the

way

s loc

al go

vern

men

ts ca

n wor

k tow

ard ge

tting

th

e “to

ols” t

o do t

heir j

ob is

by jo

ining

toge

ther

with

othe

r loc

al go

vern

men

ts. Si

nce 1

905 t

he co

mm

on in

teres

ts of

local

gove

rnm

ent in

B.C.

have

been

brou

ght t

ogeth

er in

the U

nion

of Br

itish C

olum

bia M

unici

paliti

es (U

BCM

).

Mem

bersh

ip in

the U

BCM

is vo

luntar

y - bu

t all m

unici

paliti

es

and r

egion

al dis

tricts

are m

embe

rs. U

BCM

wor

ks in

two

ways

to m

eet t

he ne

eds o

f mem

bers:

REPR

ESEN

TATI

ON of

loca

l gov

ernm

ent c

once

rns t

o ot

her o

rders

of go

vern

men

t.

MEM

BER

SERV

ICES

that

are pr

ovide

d to a

ll mem

bers

and

som

e ser

vices

that

mem

bers

selec

t to p

artic

ipate

in.

Deleg

ates f

rom m

embe

r mun

icipa

lities

and r

egion

al dis

tricts

pr

ovide

the b

road d

irecti

on fo

r the

UBC

M at

its an

nual

conv

entio

n. Re

spon

sibilit

y to c

arry o

ut th

at dir

ectio

n is g

iven

to an

Exe

cutiv

e Boa

rd th

at inc

ludes

repr

esen

tative

s of t

he

fi ve a

rea as

socia

tions

.

The U

BCM

has g

rown a

nd be

com

e inv

olved

in m

ore ac

tivitie

s th

an w

hen i

t was

estab

lishe

d in 1

905,

but t

he tr

aditio

n of

build

ing lo

cal g

overn

men

t tha

t can

best

serve

our

com

mun

ities r

emain

s.

“A c

omm

on v

oice

for

loca

l gov

ernm

ent

in

Brit

ish

Colu

mbi

a”

UB

CM O

FFER

S TW

O T

YPES

O

F M

EMB

ER

SER

VIC

ES

• G

ENER

AL

SER

VIC

ES

- prov

ided t

o all m

embe

rs.

• O

PTI

ON

AL

SER

VIC

ES

- mem

bers

selec

t to p

artic

ipate

in an

d pa

y for

sepa

rately

.

GEN

ERA

L M

EMB

ER

SER

VIC

ES

PU

BLI

CATI

ON

SIf y

ou ne

ed to

know

who

’s who

or ho

w loc

al go

vern

men

t ope

rates

then

you n

eed:

• UB

CM N

et•wo

rk•bo

ok•

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent in

B.C.

- in 1

60 pa

ges

If you

need

to kn

ow m

ore a

bout

UBC

M yo

u ne

ed:

• Sta

temen

t of G

enera

l Poli

cies

• M

inutes

of A

nnua

l Con

vent

ions

• UB

CM An

nual

Repo

rt an

d Res

olutio

ns Bo

ok

COM

MU

NIC

ATIO

NS

BU

LLET

INS

If you

wan

t to k

now

abou

t cur

rent a

ctivit

ies:

• U

BC

M N

ews

Distr

ibuted

four

times

a ye

ar to

all e

lected

offi

cials

in B.

C. an

d to s

ubsc

ribers

.

• Ci

rcu

lars

Timely

infor

mati

on on

curre

nt iss

ues a

nd

even

ts.

• In

th

e H

ouse

Up to

date

infor

mati

on on

activ

ities i

n the

Br

itish C

olum

bia le

gislat

ure;

with

som

e ke

y fed

eral u

pdate

s.

• M

emb

er R

elea

seUp

dates

mem

bers

on th

e Exe

cutiv

e’s

activ

ities a

nd ot

her p

olicy

issu

es aff

ectin

g loc

al go

vern

men

t.

• U

BC

M U

pd

ates

Outlin

es U

BCM

activ

ities i

n a nu

mbe

r of

polic

y area

s per

tainin

g to l

ocal

gove

rnm

ent.

CIV

ICN

ETTM

Chec

k out

the UB

CM w

ebsit

e at w

ww.ci

vicne

t.bc

.ca w

hich i

nclud

es in

form

ation

such

as:

• Ab

out U

BCM

• Se

rvice

s and

Surve

ys•

Publi

catio

ns•

Reso

lution

s and

polic

y•

Conv

entio

n•

Links

to lo

cal g

overn

men

ts an

d oth

er rel

ated s

ites

TRA

ININ

G•

Sem

inar

sSe

mina

rs for

newl

y elec

ted offi

cial

s and

ot

her is

sue-

relate

d sem

inars.

• Pr

ofes

sion

al D

evel

opm

ent

Throu

gh th

e Boa

rd of

Exam

iners.

• UB

CM C

omm

emor

ativ

e an

d Je

ff M

cKel

vey

Scho

lars

hip

prog

ram

s.

LEG

AL

ASS

ISTA

NCE

• Li

brar

y of

Byl

aws

• Fi

nanc

ial A

ssis

tanc

eIn

appe

als of

cour

t cas

es of

gene

ral

appli

catio

n to a

ll loc

al go

vern

men

ts.

RES

EAR

CH/S

UR

VEYS

• An

nual

Surve

ys on

a va

riety

of fi n

ancia

l m

atters

.

• On

going

Prog

ram of

Rese

arch o

n top

ics of

cu

rrent

inter

est.

INFO

RM

ATIO

N “

HO

T-LI

NE”

• Ad

vice a

nd in

form

ation

alwa

ys av

ailab

le.

ME

MB

ER

SE

RV

ICE

S

The U

BCM

was

form

ed to

pro

vide a

com

mon

voice

for

loca

l gov

ernm

ent a

nd th

is ro

le is

as im

porta

nt to

day

as it

was

whe

n es

tabl

ished

year

s ago

. The

UBC

M

refle

cts t

he tr

uth

in th

e ada

ges “

stren

gth

in n

umbe

rs”

- “un

ited

we st

and

- divi

ded

we fa

ll.”

The U

BCM

Conv

entio

n co

ntin

ues t

o be

the m

ain fo

rum

fo

r pol

icy-m

akin

g. It

pro

vides

an o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r loc

al go

vern

men

ts of

all s

izes a

nd fr

om al

l are

as o

f the

pro

vince

to

com

e tog

ethe

r, sh

are t

heir

expe

rienc

es an

d ta

ke a

unite

d po

sitio

n.

Posit

ions

dev

elope

d by

the m

embe

rs ar

e car

ried

to th

e pr

ovin

cial a

nd fe

dera

l gov

ernm

ents

and

othe

rs in

volve

d in

loca

l affa

irs. P

olicy

impl

emen

tatio

n ac

tiviti

es h

ave

expa

nded

from

annu

al pr

esen

tatio

ns to

the C

abin

et, t

o th

e pr

esen

t day

whe

re U

BCM

is in

volve

d in

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l co

mm

ittee

s, re

gular

mee

tings

with

Min

ister

s and

cont

act

on a

daily

bas

is w

ith o

ther

ord

ers o

f gov

ernm

ent.

Direc

tion

prov

ided b

y mem

bers

is ca

rried

forw

ard by

an Ex

ecut

ive bo

ard

and s

taff s

ecret

ariat.

In to

day’s

ever

-cha

ngin

g wo

rld, w

here

shift

s in

othe

r or

ders

of g

over

nmen

t pol

icies

, or i

n ec

onom

ic, so

cial o

r po

litica

l con

ditio

ns ca

n ha

ve an

imm

ediat

e effe

ct o

n lo

cal

gove

rnm

ent,

UBCM

stan

ds as

a “li

steni

ng p

ost.”

UBC

M

initi

ates

, mon

itors,

inte

rpre

ts an

d re

acts

whe

re su

ch

chan

ges c

ould

hav

e an

effe

ct o

n lo

cal g

over

nmen

ts an

d th

e co

mm

uniti

es th

ey se

rve.

The r

esul

t is t

hat l

ocal

gove

rnm

ent i

s mor

e effe

ctive

and

B.C.’

s com

mun

ities

are t

he re

al w

inne

rs. Th

roug

h th

e UB

CM lo

cal g

over

nmen

t has

man

y ach

ievem

ents,

and

the

pote

ntial

is th

ere t

o ac

hiev

e eve

n m

ore i

n th

e fut

ure.

MEM

BER

SEL

ECT

SER

VIC

ES

GR

OU

P B

ENEF

ITS

PRO

GR

AMPr

ovid

es:

Grou

p Life

Insu

rance

; Acc

ident

al De

ath an

d Di

smem

berm

ent In

suran

ce; O

ption

al Gr

oup

Life I

nsur

ance

; Dep

ende

nt Li

fe Ins

uran

ce;

Wee

kly In

dem

nity (

Shor

t Term

) and

Long

Term

Di

sabil

ity In

suran

ce; D

ental

and E

xtend

ed

Healt

h Ben

efi ts.

Nea

rly 28

00 em

ploye

es ar

e co

vered

, as w

ell as

som

e elec

ted offi

cial

s, in

over

110 m

unici

paliti

es an

d reg

ional

distri

cts.

VOTE

RS

LIST

SM

unici

pal a

nd Re

giona

l Dist

rict v

oters

lists

from

the p

rovinc

ial vo

ters l

ist.

COM

MER

CIAL

VEH

ICLE

LI

CEN

CES

Adm

iniste

red on

beha

lf of o

ver 1

00

parti

cipati

ng m

embe

rs th

e prog

ram

distri

butes

appr

oxim

ately

$1 m

illion

annu

ally.

GR

OU

P PU

RCH

ASIN

G P

RO

GR

AMIs

targe

ted to

save

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

mon

ey

by us

ing th

e com

bined

purch

asing

powe

r of

local

gove

rnm

ent.

ASSO

CIAT

ION

SER

VICE

SPro

vides

adm

inistr

ative

serv

ices r

elated

to

asso

ciatio

n man

agem

ent t

o allie

d grou

ps.

LOCA

L G

OVE

RN

MEN

T PL

ANN

ERS

& W

ALL

CALE

ND

ARS

If yo

u ne

ed to

know

key l

ocal

gove

rnm

ent

date

s.

“Str

engt

h in

nu

mbe

rs”

RE

PR

ES

EN

TAT

ION

• Re

cogn

ition

Of L

ocal

Gove

rnm

ent

As A

n Or

der O

f Gov

ernm

ent –

A

First

In Ca

nada

• Co

mm

unity

Char

ter

• Ac

tual

Valu

e Ass

essm

ent/

Annu

al As

sess

men

ts

• Va

riabl

e Tax

Rat

e Sys

tem

• So

cial A

ssist

ance

Costs

Dro

pped

Fr

om Th

e Pro

perty

Tax

• M

unici

pal In

sura

nce A

ssoc

iatio

n Of

B.

C.UB

CM

AC

CO

MP

LIS

HM

EN

TS

H

AV

E C

HA

NG

ED

TH

E C

IVIC

L

AN

DS

CA

PE

OF

BC

Cour

tesy o

f VPD

• Th

ree -

Year

Elec

tions

Cycle

• M

unici

pal T

icket

ing A

nd B

ylaw

Di

sput

e Adj

udica

tion

• Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Rep

rese

ntat

ion

On Pr

ovin

cial N

egot

iatin

g Tea

ms

For A

borig

inal

Treat

y Neg

otiat

ions

• Pr

emier

’s Dire

ctive

That

Crow

n Co

rpor

atio

ns W

ill R

espe

ct Lo

cal

Land

Us

e Byla

ws

• Tw

enty

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r RCM

P Con

tract

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l