Representation Review
As part of it decision on the Representation Review the Council resolved on August 11 2009 to adopt a community-council engagement programme for a trial period of three years.
The programme includes clinics, community meetings and administrative funding support to Residents' Associations which meet Council criteria. Details:
Engagement Programme (56KB)
The final report of the Independent Advisory Panel was prepared for the full Council meeting held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. The report and Council paper are available below:
Panel final report to Council - August 11 2009 (393KB)
Panel attachments to the panel report (139KB)
Council Paper - August 11 2009 (128KB)
Local Government Commission
The Local Government Commission released its determination on representation arrangements to apply for the election of the Invercargill City Council to be held on October 10, 2010. The representation arrangements for the Invercargill City district:
- To elect its Mayor and Councillors at large.
- For 12 Councillors to be elected.
- To retain the Bluff Community Board comprising five elected Board members and one appointed Council representative, with no change to Board boundaries.
Background
In February 2009 the Invercargill City Council named the six people it has appointed to an
independent advisory panel for the City's 2009 Representation Review. Council Chief Executive Officer Richard King said the Local Government Act 2002 requires local authorities to conduct a formal Representation Review every six years. This includes reviewing how Councillors are elected and whether there should be community boards.
The panellists
Iwi representative Stephen Bragg (Pou Kura Taiao in the Department of Conservation); Joe O'Connell, of Myross Bush (business management consultant and accountant); Robyn Hickman (Principal of Aurora College); Tony O'Neill (former Area Commander of Southland Police and currently the Strengthening Families Co-ordinator for Presbyterian Support Services); Allan Derrick (advertising and design business) and Margaret Cook (former Chair of Habitat for Humanity, co-chair of the Southland Interagency Forum for social agencies and volunteer groups). The panel was chaired by Councillor Norman Elder.