Gisborne District Council Structure
Councils formal decision-making is done in council committee and subcommittee meetings. These meetings and associated hearings panels are part of the workload of councillors.
The tables below give an indication of the council's formal committee structure in 2005, and workload in terms of meetings, during the years ending June 2003 and June 2004.
Council governance structures, 2005
Number of councillors (including Mayor): 15
Standing Committees
- Policy and Resources Committee
- Revenue and Audit Committee
- Engineering and Works Committee
- Planning and Regulatory Committee
- Hearings Committee
- Community Development Committee
- Economic Development Committee
- Civil Defence and Emergency Management Group
Community Boards
- None
- Source
- Gisborne District Council Local Governance Statement, 2003/2004
Meetings and committees
| 2003 | 2004 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of council meetings - publicly notified | 23 | 22 |
| Number of council meetings - not publicly notified | ||
| Total number of council committees | 8 | 10 |
| Number of committee meetings - publicly notified | 54 | 44 |
| Number of committee meetings - not publicly notified | 2 | |
| Number of community boards | ||
| All residents represented by a community board? | no | no |
| Number of Community board meetings - publicly notified | ||
| Number of community board meetings - not publicly notified | ||
| Hearings panels - number of meeting days involving elected members | 12 | 22 |
- Source
- Local Government Surveys - 2002/03 and 2003/04, The Department of Internal Affairs
