City of Winnipeg Governance Review
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Introduction
From 2019 to 2021, the City of Winnipeg undertook a review of its governance structure and processes. Governance is all about leadership and responsibility for the City to the citizens of Winnipeg. It includes understanding citizen needs and making decisions in the best interests of the City.
The City of Winnipeg is building a City Hall that works through openness and transparency, where elected officials and staff collaborate and work toward the best interests of residents. The City’s governance structure and systems should support these goals.
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Introduction
From 2019 to 2021, the City of Winnipeg undertook a review of its governance structure and processes. Governance is all about leadership and responsibility for the City to the citizens of Winnipeg. It includes understanding citizen needs and making decisions in the best interests of the City.
The City of Winnipeg is building a City Hall that works through openness and transparency, where elected officials and staff collaborate and work toward the best interests of residents. The City’s governance structure and systems should support these goals.
The legislation and by laws that guide governance of the City of Winnipeg were established following the last comprehensive review of the City’s governance system in 1997. MNP is conducting a review of the City’s governance structure, by-laws and processes to consider ways the current model is effective and how it may be improved to further enable responsible and accountable governance. At the conclusion of the review, MNP will provide a set of recommendations for improvement and how the existing legislation, by-laws and policies would need to be updated to accommodate the recommendations.
Background
The governance review included a review of current documentation, legislation and by-laws, interviews with Members of Council, and City staff and a scan of governance structures and processes in other Canadian cities. A preliminary report of findings was developed based on this information.
Public input was an important component of the governance review. The topics for exploration with the public focused on these key principles:
- Inclusivity – Citizens have a fair and reasonable opportunity to participate in decision-making processes
- Transparency – Information is openly available, easy to access and understand
- Accountability – Council ensures effective oversight and responsibility for the performance of the city, including appeal processes
- Efficiency – Timeliness and effective use of resources by Council and its committees
- Effectiveness – Council ensures the City achieves desired results and addresses citizen priorities
- Impartiality – Decision making is unbiased and considers the best interests of the city.
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As context, in a recent citizen satisfaction survey just over half of the respondents felt they can influence City Council decisions.
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Kenmillsmbover 1 year agoReduce the layers to Development Applications
Winnipeg has too many layers. With clear development by-laws there is no need for that much oversight.
1 comment0Brunoover 1 year agoModel of payment and control of public parking by application on a mobile phone
I have a model of payment and control of public parking by application on a mobile phone. This model eliminates physical machines and their maintenance. Also, the inspection team can be maintained or increased. The use of the application by the user is extremely simple and works with the addition of credits by credit card. Likewise, it is easy to use by the inspection team and gave more wide control over parking payments. I believe that this type of initiative can take Winnipeg's steps forward in its modernization.
0 comment1jamesover 1 year agoFollow the Eapon model for cities. Make the downtown unfriendly for gasoline cars by keeping charges high. Have free parking at shuttle lots
1 comment1mcohoeover 1 year agoProvide more time for feedback
There is often little time between public release of a report and opportunities to speak to the report before council. By providing more time between release of a report and the deadline to speak or submit responses/recommendations related to that report, you would greatly increase people's ability to meaningfully provide feedback for council.
0 comment0BMover 1 year agoMove to Vancouver's model of having councillors elected at large rather than by geographic ward so they represent ALL Winnipeggers.
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How could the City encourage "seldom heard voices" to participate more fully in public engagement activities?
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mcohoeover 1 year agoDashboard showing progress on policy indicators
While the city has many policies in place to provide advice, there is no real link between the city budget and those policies, and especially to their intended outcomes. Could we have something similar to the United Ways MyPeg that would allow citizens to look at key city policies to see what progress is being made on key indicators (year over year, compared to policy targets) etc, and what budget lines relate to the policy and its indicators (again along with year over year comparisons). I think that would make it much easier to identify what policies we are making progress on, where we need help, and what actions are underway to reach those policy goals.
0 comment0roloba42over 1 year agovalid explanations without coverups re: failed "rapid transit" rollout (now being revisited) and environmental destruction entailed
Rapid Transit is a bust!
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Timeline
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Project Start - Fall 2019
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Information Gathering and Analysis - Fall 2019 - Summer 2020
City of Winnipeg Governance Review has finished this stageIncluding jurisdictional scan and interviews with City Council and members of the Public Service.
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Preliminary Report - Fall 2020
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Conduct Public and Stakeholder Engagement - January 2021 - February 2021
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Public Engagement Report - Spring 2021
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Report of Recommendations - Winter 2022
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Council Consideration
this is an upcoming stage for City of Winnipeg Governance Review
Current Governance Structures - Winnipeg and other Canadian cities
Videos
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Click here to play video How Decisions get made at City Hall How do ideas get turned into reality at Winnipeg’s City Hall? This video breaks down the decision making process with the hope that by understanding how things are done Winnipeggers will feel more prepared to get involved in the decision making that affects their everyday lives.
Who's listening
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Email COWgovernance@mnp.ca
FAQs
- Why is the City doing a governance review?
- What are the expected outcomes of the review?
- How does Winnipeg's governance compare with other cities?
- Is the governing legislation of the City of Winnipeg the same as the other municipalities in Manitoba?
- How much is the governance review costing the City?
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