Town Council

Members of the public are invited to attend meetings in person in Council Chambers or virtually via Zoom. At the end of each meeting, there is an opportunity for members of the gallery to ask questions of Council associated only with issues dealt with on the agenda for that meeting.

To view Council and Committee agendas, including the Zoom links to join virtually, visit the Council Portal.

Learn how to attend virtual public meetings.

A delegation is a process when an individual appears before Council to make a presentation, request an action, provide an update on a project/idea/concept, or provide further information on an issue currently before Council. 

Apply to appear before Council

All correspondence addressed to the Mayor and Council becomes a public record and is provided for consideration of Council.

There are two ways to provide correspondence to Council:

1. Addressed to Mayor and Council, send an email to clerk@golden.ca
   • Correspondence will be processed by staff and typically included on the following Regular Open Council Meeting agenda as External Correspondence.
   • Staff redact personal contact information (not identity) unless the author consents in writing for it to be published.
2. Send a letter to:
   Mayor and Council
   Town of Golden
   Box 350
   Golden, BC
   V0A 1H0
   • Staff manage mail on behalf of Council and will scan your correspondence to Mayor and Council to be included on the following Regular Open Council Meeting agenda as External Correspondence.
   • Staff redact personal information unless the author consents in writing for it to be published.

The deadline for items to be included on a Council agenda for consideration is the Thursday before a Council meeting before noon. 

Residents may contact members of Council directly as individuals using the emails and phone numbers provided below.

Council’s Strategic Priorities represent the municipal objectives and direction set by Town Council that the Town of Golden will work towards delivering. For the current political term of office, Town Council has adopted two corporate-wide priorities and four targeted priorities.

Council Strategic Priorities and Municipal Objectives 2024-2026

Corporate-wide Priorities

1. Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Cultural Awareness & Reconciliation:
   Training, purposeful regional engagement, acknowledgement, and consultation. 
2. Climate Resilience: 
   Implementing practical mitigative and adaptive initiatives across the organization.

Targeted Priorities

1. Asset Management: 
   Maintaining and valuating inventories, undertaking assessments, identifying decision impacts, developing infrastructure master plans, and implementing replacement and service plans. 
2. Sustainable Service Delivery:
   Establishing practical service levels across the organization considering asset management needs and priorities, financial and personnel capacity, and developing long-term financial plans and policies to sustain them. 
3. Communications 
   Ensuring thorough and consistent external engagement through multiple channels and processes. Developing and implementing strategies to improve intra-organizational understanding, efficiencies, and collaboration. 
4. Capacity 
   Ensuring sufficient personnel, financial sustainability, and technological tools to meet the strategic priorities of Council and ongoing administrative work plans.

Guiding Principles & Values 

• Practical 
• Reliable 
• Collaborative 
• Adaptive 
• Responsible 
• Inclusive 

Value Proposition 

We will be adaptive in our operations. 

We will responsibly maintain our core infrastructure. 

We will provide services that are practical and reliable. 

We will collaboratively support and advocate for community values, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and quality of life for current and future generations.