Mayors & Council
Responsibilities
Oddities & Facts
Departments
100
This person chairs council meetings and is often the public face of the municipality.
Who is the Mayor?
100
Municipal councils are responsible for passing these legally binding rules.
What are bylaws?
100
BC Municipalities are a level of formal government?
True or false?
What is false?
100
Roads, sewer and water....easy peasy? This includes snow plowing.
What is the department of public works?
200
The minimum number of votes needed to pass a bylaw in a 7-member council.
What is 4?
200
This annual document sets out the city’s revenue and spending.
What is the budget?
200
If you are below 5000 people we pay 70% but if you go above 5000 people you pay 70%.
What is the RCMP?
200
Relaxing and playing is what we are all about.
What is recreation?
300
In most municipalities, this position fills in when the mayor is absent.
What is the Deputy Mayor?
300
Municipalities must prepare this type of plan to guide land use and long-term growth.
What is the Official Community Plan?
300
Fernie has how many fire hydrants?
(a) 53
(b) 1024
(c) 278
What is 278 (c).
300
Without us...you would be building all over the place.
What is the planning department?
400
Council members must declare this when they have a personal or financial interest in a matter.
What is a Conflict of Interest?
400
LGLA, AKBLG, UBCM and FCM
What are conferences?
400
Fernie has how many KM of sidewalks?
(a) 120
(b) 2
(c) 32
What is 32 (c)
400
I have a burning desire to keep you safe.
Who is the Fire Department?
500
Fernie has how many elected officials?
What is 7?
500
What building is this?
What is City Hall?
500
Fernie is a resort ___________?
What is municipality.
500
Money, money, money....that is all I care about.
Who is the Department of Finance?