Council Committees
Committees in the Waitaki District Council are set up to deal with specialised local issues. Councillors are appointed to committees and make decisions regarding their areas.
The Mayor is a member of all committees with full voting rights [LGA 41A(5)].
The new Committee structure for Council for the 2019 – 2022 Triennium is provided below.
It was adopted initially at the 30 October 2019 First Council Meeting of the Triennium, and then amended and adopted again at the 18 February 2020 Council Meeting.
Council's Committee Structure for 2019 - 2022
| Committees |
Chairperson |
Members |
| Assets Committee (AC) |
Cr Bill Kingan
|
(to be appointed in February 2021)
(Associate Chair – Solid Waste and Recycling)
Mayor Gary Kircher
(Associate Chair – Property, Events Centre)
Cr Colin Wollstein, Cr Kelli Williams, Cr Guy Percival, Cr Jeremy Holding, Cr Jim Thomson and Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale
|
| Community, Culture and Regulatory Committee (CCR) |
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale
|
Cr Jim Hopkins
(Associate Chair – District PlanReview)
Cr Hana Halalele
(Associate Chair – Community Development)
Cr Kelli Williams, Cr Ross McRobie, Cr Jim Thomson and Mayor Gary Kircher
|
| Performance, Audit and Risk Committee (PAR) |
Cr Colin Wollstein |
Cr Jeremy Holding
(Associate Chair – Information Services)
Cr Ross McRobie
(Associate Chair – Risk)
Cr Jim Hopkins, Cr Bill Kingan, Cr Guy Percival,
Cr Hana Halalele, and Mayor Gary Kircher |
| Executive Committee (EC) |
Mayor Gary Kircher
|
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale
(Associate Chair– Economic Development)
Cr Colin Wollstein, Cr Bill Kingan, Cr Ross McRobie, Cr Kelli Williams
|
| Harbour Area Committee (HAC) |
Mayor Gary Kircher
|
Cr Jeremy Holding
(Associate Chair – Cape Wanbrow)
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale, Cr Colin Wollstein, andCr Kelli Williams; and Mr Graeme Clark (Community Representative), Dr Phillipa Agnew (CommunityRepresentative), Mr Kevin Murdoch (Community Representative), Mr George Kelcher (Community Representative)
|
| Grants and Awards Committee (GAC) |
Cr Jeremy Holding |
Cr Hana Halalele
(Associate Chair – Creative Communities, Sport Travel)
All Councillors and Community Board Chairs (Appropriate number of Councillors rostered to each funding round annually)
Appointed community members as required
|
| Development Contributions Committee (DC) |
Cr Guy Percival
|
Cr Kelli Williams (Associate Chair)
Cr Jim Thomson (Associate Chair)
Cr Bill Kingan, Cr Colin Wollstein
|
| Hearings Committee (HC) |
Cr Jim Hopkins
|
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale (Associate Chair), Cr Ross McRobie
|
| District Licensing Committee “A” (DLC) |
Cr Jim Hopkins |
Cr Kelli Williams (Associate Chair) |
| Communications Portfolio |
Mayor Gary Kircher
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale
Cr Jim Hopkins
|
| External and JointCommittees, Trusts |
Representatives |
| Community Board Councillors (Legislated) |
Cr Jim Thomson – Waihemo
Cr Ross McRobie – Ahuriri
|
| Waitaki District Youth Council |
Cr Hana Halalele
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale
|
| Lower Waitaki Zone Committee |
Cr Jim Hopkins |
| Upper Waitaki Zone Committee |
Cr Ross McRobie |
Otago Regional Land Transport Committee
|
Cr Guy Percival |
| Waitaki Housing Taskforce |
Deputy Mayor Melanie Tavendale |
Alps 2 Ocean Joint Committee
|
Cr Colin Wollstein |
| Observatory Retirement Village Trust |
Mayor Gary Kircher |
| Oamaru Whitestone Civic Trust |
No elected member appointment |
| Emergency Management (Legislated) |
Mayor Gary Kircher |
| Otago Mayoral Forum (Legislated) |
Mayor Gary Kircher |
| Canterbury Mayoral Forum (Legislated) |
Mayor Gary Kircher |
| Waitaki CommunityRecreation Centre Trust |
Cr Jeremy Holding |
| Donald and Nellye Malcolm Trust |
Mayor Gary Kircher
Cr Jeremy Holding
|
| Macraes Community DevelopmentTrust |
Cr Jim Thomson |
| Waitaki Whitestone Geopark Trust |
Cr Ross McRobie |