Council Summary
November 2021
by Darren Becker
To ensure members of the Lester B. Pearson School Board community remain up to date regarding what transpires at regular Council of Commissioners meetings, the Department of Communications and Community Development sends out summaries of the different decisions that are taken following each meeting.
Please find some of the highlights below that were taken during the November 29th regular meeting. Different Committee reports that were presented as well as the minutes are available at the following link:
http://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/eng/council/CommitteeReports.asp.
1) The Council of Commissioners approved several designations of banking signatories for different financial products and services.
2) The Council of Commissioners accepted the Lester B. Pearson School Board 2020-2021 Financial Statements, for submission to the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l’île de Montréal and the Ministère de l’Éducation du Québec.
To read a memo written by LBPSB Assistant Director General Carol Heffernan, that provides context to the financial statements and associated deficit, please click on the following link: https://www.lbpsb.qc.ca/Modules/FileManagement/files/Root/Council/docs/2021-11-30-Deficit-rev.pdf
3) The Council of Commissioners approved the nomination of the Chairperson of the LBPSB Council of Commissioners Judy Kelley as Vice-President of the Quebec English School Boards Association for a two-year term for the election which will take place at QESBA’s next AGA.