For Part 1,
http://www.rajiv4malaysia.com/2011/01/law-policy-making-at-mpsj-part-1.html

The following are the committees in MPSJ, starting July 2010: (we had different committees prior to the restructuring)

  1. One Stop Center, OSC - approves development plan. This is a special committee, which has been granted the authority to make decisions on planning permissions without full board approval. 
  2. Finance
  3. Audit & Corporate Governance (this is the only committee not chaired by the YDP, but by a concillor)
  4. Licensing, Business Regulation & Public Health
  5. Infrastructure
  6. Human Resource & ICT 
  7. Pengindahan Bandar (landscaping, garbage collection & public cleansing)
  8. Kemasyarakatan
  9. Safe City (newly formed, to implement NKRA safe city projects in MPSJ)
  10. Tender 
Under each of this committee, there are sometimes subcommittees, some are formed adhoc for a certain issue, and some are a little long term. Examples of subcommittees:
  1. Subang Jaya traffic and public transportation (under the Infrastructure committee)
  2. Billboards (under the Finance committee)
  3. SS15 multistorey car park and hall (Finance)
  4. Anti Denggi (Public health)
  5. and many more
Most of the main committees meet once a month, and the subcommittees, some meet more than once a month, some once in a few months, but mostly once a month when they are active. 

All councillors are in 3 main committees, and along with the full board meeting, that's 4 half day meetings a month, at least. Then depending on the person and the month, and how many subcommittees he's in, number of meetings could go up, and my record is more than 10 a month.

These are just official council meetings, mostly revolving around council policy. It does not include the meetings we have from time to time to resolve problems in our area. That's a different ball game altogether, and its schedules and site visits are at the initiative and leadership of the councillor.