Edmonton Salutes Committee

Description/Purpose

Edmonton Salutes promotes and recognizes our local military community contributions, both at home and abroad, toward world peace, security and stability. It further reinforces the message that military personnel and their families are valued members of the Edmonton Capital Region.

Edmonton Salutes was first established as a committee of Council on July 3, 2007 and was formerly established as an administrative committee in 1997.

City of Edmonton Representative

Name of Appointee	First Appointed	Term Expiry Date
Councillor Bev Esslinger	Jan 01/17	Inaugural Council Meeting in 2017

Members

The Committee is comprised of up to 15 members:

• One Councillor, appointed by Edmonton City Council
• One Representative appointed by each of the following organizations:
  • Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
  • Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
  • Edmonton Northlands
  • Edmonton Regional Airports Authority
  • Edmonton United Services Institute
  • Military Family Resource Centre
  • Royal Canadian Legion
  • Urban Development Institute
• Up to six community representatives appointed by the Committee

Meetings

• Bi-monthly