Committees

Council uses a variety of committees to inform decision-making, which are detailed below.  

Current Committee Volunteer Opportunities

• St. John's Transportation Commission

Audit Standing Committee

The Audit Standing Committee is a Council-appointed committee reporting directly to Council on finance, risk and regulatory compliance.

Advisory Committees

The City's advisory committees provide advice on specific subject areas. One member of council sits on each of these advisory committees in a champion/liaison role and the remaining members are appointed from the community following an open recruitment and selection process undertaken by the City Clerk. Check out each advisory committee:

• Arts and Culture Advisory Committee
• Healthy City Advisory Committee
• Inclusion Advisory Committee
• Seniors' Advisory Committee
• Sustainable and Active Mobility Advisory Committee

From time to time, Council will announce opportunities to be a member of one of our advisory committees. If you have the interest and skills required, consider joining an advisory committee and helping improve your capital city.

Building Safer Communities Steering Committee

The Building Safer Communities Steering Committee is solutions-oriented and provides information and recommendation to the City of St. John’s on the best ways of addressing the social determinants of crime and violence.

Working Groups

Working Groups provide citizen or organization expertise or oversight on the development or delivery of programs and projects. Working groups assist in the delivery of an approved plan or strategy and meetings are chaired by staff. Our current working groups include:

• Anti-Racism Working Group
• Affordable Housing Working Group
• Youth Engagement Working Group

From time to time, Council will announce opportunities to be a member of one of our working groups. If you have the interest and skills required, consider joining a working group and helping improve your capital city.

Experts Panels

Expert Panels provide expert opinion on topics or issues within a defined mandate. Expert Panels may or may not have a defined timeline. They report to the Committee of the Whole and are chaired by an expert from the community. Review our expert panels:

• Built Heritage Experts Panel
• Environment and Sustainability Experts Panel

From time to time, Council will announce opportunities to be a member of one of our expert's panels. If you have the interest and skills required, consider joining an expert's panels and helping improve your capital city.

Regional Boards

The City of St. John's has representation on the following regional boards:

• Eastern Regional Services Board
• Regional Fire Services Committee
• Regional Wastewater Committee
• Regional Water Services Committee
• Ad Hoc Committees

Outside Boards or Committees with Council Affiliation

The following boards have Council affiliation with the City of St. John's:

• Bowring Park Foundation
• C.A. Pippy Park Commission
• Canadian Capital Cities Organization
• Clean St. John's
• Grand Concourse Authority
• Joint Committee of Council & Downtown St. John's
• Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador
• NL Sports Centre Board
• North East Avalon Joint Council
• Quidi Vidi Rennies River Development Foundation
• Railway Coastal Museum
• Shea Heights Community Board
• Urban Municipalities Committee of MNL
• Victoria Park Foundation

St. John's Sports and Entertainment Limited

The City of St. John's subsidizes the operation of the Mary Brown's Centre and the St. John's Convention Centre. Both state-of-the-art facilities contribute significantly to the economy of the City of St. John's.

This is an independent board. Councillor Ron Ellsworth and one member of senior staff sit on the board as ex offcio/non-voting members.

Contact us

For information on retired committees, or to access information not available here, please contact cityclerk@stjohns.ca.