West Coast Regional Council Activities
Council Purpose
The purpose of the West Coast Regional Council is to enable democratic local decision making to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of the West Coast Region in the present and for the future. The role of the West Coast Regional Council is:- To give effect to the purpose mentioned above.
- To perform the duties and exercise the rights, conferred on it by the Local Government Act 2002 and any other enactment.
- Source
- West Coast Regional Council Local Governance Statement, November 2003
Council Activities
During 2003/04 the Council advised its community that it undertook the following activities. N.B. There is no single agreed standard set of categories for councils to describe their activities.Council activities listed below are not necessarily in order of preference or priority.
- Governance
- Resource Consent Processing
- Compliance Monitoring and Complaints
- Development of Regional Polices and Plans
- Plan Implementation
- Public Enquires
- Support for Regional Economic Development
- Waste Management
- Biological Controls
- Total Mobility Scheme
- Transport - Passenger Service, Safety and Planning
- Road Safety Programme
- Hydrology
- Ground Water Quality Monitoring
- Surface Water Quality Monitoring
- Contaminates
- Air Quality monitoring Water Level Monitoring
- Civil Defence Response
- Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan Development
- Floodwarning
- Marine Oil Spill Response Capability
- Hazard Investigation
- Quarry Operations
- River, Drainage and Coastal Protection
- Greymouth Floodwall
- Vector Management
- Vector Controls
- Monitors
- Surveys and Special Projects
- Local Improvement Programmes
- Resource Consents
- Source
- West Coast Regional Council - Long Term Council Community Plan, 2004-2014
