Committees
Chief Executive Performance Committee
Chair: Mayor Jim Mylchreest
Membership: Mayor Jim Mylchreest, Deputy Mayor Grahame Webber and Councillor Bruce Thomas
Meeting frequency: As required
Purpose: To conduct the reviews of the performance of Council's chief Executive and make recommendations to Council.
District Licensing Committee
Commissioner: Sara Grayson
Membership: Deputy Chair Councillor Marcus Gower, Members: Mr Ross Murphy, Ms Patsi Davies, Dr Michael Cameron, Mr Roy Johnson
Meeting frequency: As required
Purpose: To consider and determine applications for licences, managers certificates, renewal of licences and managers certificates, temporary authorities and other matters pursuant to section 187 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.
Executive Committee
Chairperson: Mayor Jim Mylchreest
Membership: Mayor Jim Mylchreest, Deputy Mayor Grahame Webber, Councillor Liz Stolwyk, Councillor Andrew Brown and Councillor Bruce Thomas
Meeting frequency: As required
Purpose: To make decisions on urgent matters arising between scheduled Council meetings or on specific matters referred to it by Council.
Finance and Corporate Committee
Chairperson: Councillor Andrew Brown
Membership: Full Council
Meeting frequency: Monthly
Purpose: To undertake Council's corporate and governance functions specifically in relation to financial and non-financial reporting, financial and treasury policies and arrangements, insurance arrangements, property management and Council Controlled Organisations.
Maungatautari Reserve Committee
Chairperson: Councillor Andree-Wiltens
Members:
His Worship the Mayor J Mylchreest
Cr GRP Webber
T Tauroa (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura - Pohara Marae and landowner representative)
T Clarke (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura - Maungatautari Marae)
P Davies (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura - MEIT and Pohara Marae)
Fred Haimona (Ngāti Haua)
S Kneebone (Waikato Regional Council)
Melissa Sinton (Acting General Manager, Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust)
Ray Scrimgeour (Department of Conservation)
Parawera Marae - representative to be appointed
Adjoining landowners - two representatives to be appointed
Meeting frequency: Bi-monthly
Purpose: To facilitate effective and meaningful communication between Council, Tangata Whenua, the Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust (MEIT), the Department of Conservation and the public in relation to the Maungatautari Scenic Reserve. To advise Council on all reserve management issues, as they relate to the reserve, the MEIT project, and the administrative requirements of the Reserves Act 1977. To oversee the services for MEIT for day-to-day management of the enclosures and to oversee the Reserve Management Plan for the reserve.
Pirongia Ward Committee
Chairperson: Councillor Clare St Pierre
Membership: Councillor Clare St Pierre, Councillor Bruce Thomas, and further representatives to be confirmed from the Te Pahu, Pirongia and Ohaupo Resident and Ratepayers Associations, and from Te Kauhanganui o Waikato, and from the Purekireki Marae Committee.
Meeting frequency: Quarterly or as required
Purpose: To allocate funds, to consider the draft annual plan and to perform similar representative functions as the community boards.
Regulatory Committee
Chairperson: Councillor Bruce Thomas
Membership: Councillor Marcus Gower, Councillor Bruce Thomas, Councillor Clare St Pierre, Councillor Liz Stolwyck and Poto Davies as a representative from Nga Iwi Toopu O Waipa
Meeting frequency: Monthly or as required
Purpose: To manage the regulatory aspects of Council's business, in particular in relation to the Resource Management Act 1991.
Service Delivery Committee
Chairperson: Deputy Mayor Grahame Webber
Membership: Full Council
Meeting frequency: Monthly
Purpose: To have responsibility for overseeing Council's infrastructure work programme, asset management planning and levels of service in relation to the service delivery areas of the Road Corridor, Road Asset Technical Accord, Water Services, Community Facilities and Heritage and Museums, including the consideration of regional integration of services.
Strategic Planning and Policy Committee
Chairperson: Councillor Liz Stolwyk
Membership: Mayor Jim Mylchreest, Deputy Mayor Grahame Webber and Councillor Elwyn Andree-Wiltens, Councillor Judy Bannon, Councillor Hazel Barnes, Councillor Andrew Brown, Councillor Marcus Gower, Councillor Sue Milner, Councillor Susan O'Regan, Councillor Clare St Pierre, Councillor Liz Stolwyk, Councillor Bruce Thomas and Councillor Vern Wilson, and Poto Davies as a representative from Nga Iwi Toopu O Waipa.
Meeting frequency: To be confirmed
Purpose: To oversee the development and review of Council's plans (including long term and annual plans), bylaws, strategies and policies and where appropriate, to act as Council's hearings committee for consultation submissions in relation to these; and to exercise certain Council powers under the Resource Management Act 1991 in relation to the District Plan, plan chances and variations.
Waipa Iwi Consultative Committee
Chairperson: To be confirmed
Membership:
- Mayor Jim Mylchreest
- Deputy Mayor Grahame Webber
- Chairperson of the Strategic Planning & Policy Committee - Councillor Liz Stolwyk
- Chairperson of the Finance & Corporate Committee - Councillor Andrew Brown
- Chairperson of the Service Delivery Committee - Councillor Grahame Webber
- Chairperson of the Regulatory Committee - Councillor Bruce Thomas
- The Chief Executive
- Waikato Tainui Trust Board - representative to be advised
- Raukawa Settlement Trust - representative to be advised
- Maniapoto Trust Board - representative to be advised
- Nga Iwi Toopu o Waipa Chairperson - Gaylene Roberts
- Proxy for Gaylene Roberts - Hazel Wander
- Kaumatua - Jim Keremeta
- Wharepuhunga - Katarina Hodge
- Ngati Haua - Chris Riki
- Purekireki - Haupai Puke
- Puniu - Harold Maniapoto
- Proxy for Harold Maniapoto - Val Ingley
- Te Kopua (Kakepuku) - Doris Walters
- Kaniwhaniwha - Rangiuia Riki
- Maungatautari - Josephine Taute
- Proxy for Josephine Taute - Poto Davies
- Ngati Ngawaero - George Serancke
- Ngati Hikairo - Hano Ormsby
- Proxy for Hano Ormsby - Jane Anderson
Meeting frequency: To be confirmed
Purpose: To facilitate communications between Council and Tangata Whenua. The Committee will consider any matter impacting on the interests of Tangata Whenua including but not limited to historical, cultural, recreational, health, housing, environmental and resource management. The Committee will advise Council and the various Iwi on Treaty of Waitangi implications for policies and activities of Council.
Info on Māori involvement in decision making.
Audit and Risk Committee
Chairperson: Councillor Clare St Pierre
Membership: Mayor Jim Mylchreest, Councillors Judy Bannon, Andrew Brown, Susan O'Regan, Claire St Pierre and Vern Wilson, and Bruce Robertson of Morrison Low
Meeting frequency: Quarterly
Purpose: To provide independent assurance and assistance to the Waipa District Council on Council's risk, control and compliance framework, and its external accountability responsibilities.
District Promotion Fund
Committee members are Mayor Jim Mylchreest, Councillors Clare St Pierre, Susan O'Regan, Sue Milner and Liz Stolwyk, plus community representatives Mervyn Gyde and Kevin Burgess.
