Annual Report 2000 - Halifax Regional Municipality

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Administrative
Services
he Administrative
Services Business Unit
includes Legal Services
and Corporate Support
Divisions (including
Municipal Government
Support, Records
Management and the
Corporate Library). Legal
Services performs all the
legal services required by
Halifax Regional
Municipality, including
Prosecutions, Due Process,
Preventative Law, Solicitor
Services and Advocacy,
through a combination of
in-house and out-sourced
services. Corporate
Support Services supports
the process of local
government for the
municipality as mandated
by statute through the
provision of corporate and
municipal services to
Regional Council,
Community Councils and
their respective boards and
committees. Information
Resource Management
Services implements a
comprehensive approach
to information
management by treating
information as a valuable
corporate resource, while
protecting the legal and
financial interest of the
municipality. Election
Services conducts general
and special elections, in a
professional and impartial
manner, in accordance
with applicable legislation.
Accomplishments
Freedom of Information
All Freedom Of
Information and
Protection of Privacy
(FOIPOP) requests
processed as required by
legislation.
Secretariat Support
Provided support to
approximately 56
Regional Council
meetings, 46 Community
Council meetings and 489
Board and Committee
meetings.
Elections
Six by-elections have
been conducted since
amalgamation and one
regular election for the
Regional School Board
and the Conseil Scolaire
Acadien Provincial.
Current Initiatives
Records
Ensure the
preservation of
corporate archival
records and the
placement of vital
records in a vault within
City Hall.
Information Management
Contribute to
corporate efficiency
through a
comprehensive
approach.
Legal Services
Implementation of a
case management system.
Election
Conduct a regional
municipal election for the
positions of Mayor and
Councillors, members of
the Halifax Regional
School Board and the
Conceil Scolaire Acadien
Provincial in the Fall of
2000.
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At a glance...
• 5000 boxes of documents
classified
• 1000 information/research
requests processed
• 29,000 microfilm images
developed
• 7,620 agendas prepared and
distributed
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