District of Sechelt Council is comprised of a Mayor and six Councillors, elected for three year terms (see Elections page for further details).

The 2012-2015 Council members are:
Mayor John Henderson and Councillors Doug Hockley, Tom Lamb, Alice Lutes, Chris Moore, Mike Shanks and Darnelda Siegers.

Sechelt is an Area within the Sunshine Coast Regional District.  As such, a member of Council is appointed as an Area Director to represent Sechelt on the Regional District Board, with Directors from the other seven Area of the lower Sunshine Coast.  One alternate Director is also appointed. Effective December 7, 2011, Councillor Alice Lutes is Sechelt’s Area Director and Mayor John Henderson  is our Alternate Area Director.

The public is welcome to attend Regular Council and Committee meetings.  A question and answer period is included at the beginning and end of each meeting, to allow members of the audience to ask questions about issues discussed at the meeting.

Click on the image to the right to view our Strategic Plan.

Regular Council Meetings are held on the First and Third Wednesday of each month, in the Community Meeting Room on the first floor of the Sechelt Library Building (5797 Cowrie Street), at 7:00pm. Copies of Regular Council meeting agendas are posted on the Calendar section of this site on the Friday before the meeting date.  The Council Meeting Order Paper is also posted District's notice board.

Committee of the Whole Meetings are scheduled on the Second and Fourth Wednesdays of each month, at 1:00pm in the Community Meeting Room.  The agenda and order paper posting practices for Committee Meetings are the same as those for Council Meetings.

Committee of the Whole is comprised of all members of Council.  Agenda items before Committee are debated and Recommendations are made for consideration by Council at the next Regular Council Meeting.

Minutes of Council and Committee Meetings are available for review in the Sechelt Public Document Library. There are also digital audio recordings of Council proceedings available on our Council Audio Web Page.

Delegations - If members of the public wish to address Council or Committee on an issue, they may do so by making a request to appear as a delegation before Council.  This request must be in writing using the Delegation Form (on-line submissions and faxes are permitted).

Delegations are heard after the adoption of the agenda (shortly after 7:00pm).

Appointments with the Mayor may be obtained by contacting the Coordinator of Council and Community Relations, Connie Jordison at the District Office at 604-885-1986 or CJordison@sechelt.ca.