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 Join the County of Wellington Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee

The Town of Erin is seeking a community member to join the County of Wellington’s Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee. The community member must be actively involved with organizations for people with disabilities, be a caregiver for people with disabilities, or a person living with a disability as defined by the Ontario Human Rights Code.

The mandate of the Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee is:

• To serve as an advisory body to all member Municipal Councils and the County proper and is responsible and accountable to County Council for its activities; and,
• To provide advice with respect to the identification, removal and prevention of barriers to people with disabilities, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.

The Joint Accessibility Advisory Committee meets at the Wellington County Museum and Archives four times annually for a term of four years and committee members will be compensated for mileage and per diem.

Applicants must reside in the Town of Erin and be over 18 years of age. As per the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, a majority of the committee members will include people with disabilities.

Personal information in relation to the recruitment and appointment process is collected under the authority outlined in the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 1990.

Accommodation for disabilities is available for all parts of the recruitment process. Applicants must make their needs known in advance.

Applications will be accepted by the Town until the vacancy is filled.

Those interested are asked to fill out and submit an application form.