Waikato Councillors to tour Raglan on 12 November

Media Release: Waikato District Council, 30 October 2013

New committee structure for Waikato District Council

Waikato District Council has moved to streamline its decision making with the establishment of three key committees – Policy and Regulatory, Strategy and Finance and Infrastructure – with membership of all made up of the Mayor and all Councillors.

Mayor Allan Sanson and his 13 Councillors, including newly elected Councillors Jacqui Church, Rosemarie Costar and Janet Gibb, were sworn in yesterday (29 October) for their three year term. They immediately got down to business, with the following appointments agreed by the Council:

• Deputy Mayor – Cr Dynes Fulton
• Policy & Regulatory Committee – Cr Fulton Chairperson, Cr Noel Smith Deputy Chairperson
• Strategy & Finance Committe – Cr Clint Baddeley Chairperson, Cr Janet Gibb Deputy Chairperson
• Infrastructure Committee – Cr Wally Hayes Chairperson, Cr Rosemarie Costar Deputy Chairperson

Other key committees are:

• Regulatory Sub-Committee – Cr Dynes Fulton Chairperson, Cr Smith Deputy Chairperson
• Audit & Risk Committee – Margaret Devlin Chairperson, Cr Baddeley Deputy Chairperson
• Discretionary & Funding Committee – Cr Shelley Lynch Chairperson, Cr Rob McGuire Deputy Chairperson
• Waikato-Tainui & Waikato District Council Joint Committe – Mayor Sanson Joint Chairperson

Commenting, Mayor Sanson said: “I am delighted with the team which has been elected by our district’s residents and with them look forward to the next three years. As a district we have enormous potential, and I look forward to how we can realise that and make this district the very best in the country in which to live, work and play.”

To assist both new and returning elected members to get up to speed with issues across the district a full induction programme is being run, including three full day visits in and around Tuakau (22 October), Tamahere (30 October) and Raglan (12 November).