Community Boards are constituted under Section 49 of the Local Government Act 2002.
Otorohanga District Council has two Community Boards - Otorohanga and Kawhia. Otorohanga Community Board has four elected members, and two Council appointed members. Kawhia Community Board has five elected members, of which one is elected from the Aotea community, and one Council appointed member. Boards elect their own Chairperson.
The role of a Community Board is to:
- Represent, and act as an advocate for the interests of its Community.
- Consider and report on all matters referred to it by the Territorial Authority, or any matter of interest or concern to the Community Board.
- Maintain an overview of services provided by the Territorial Authority within the Community.
- Prepare an annual submission to the Territorial Authority for expenditure within the Community.
- Communicate with community organisations and special interest groups within the Community.
- Undertake any other responsibilities that are delegated to it by the Territorial Authority.
Pursuant to Clause 32 of Schedule Seven to the Local Government Act 2002 the Otorohanga District Council has delegated to the Otorohanga and Kawhia Community Boards, in respect of their community, all of Council’s functions, duties and powers relating to:
- Refuse collection and disposal
- Swimming Pools
- Water supply operation and maintenance
- Security patrols
- Sewerage treatment and reticulation
- Housing for the elderly
- Flood protection
- Community property
- Storm water drainage
- Medical centres
Community Boards may make recommendations to Council on any matter of interest, and may seek approval for any initiative for which delegated authority has not already been given.
Electors can seek the formation of a new Community Board. This is achieved by following the process outlined below:
Proposals to establish a community can be initiated by:
- Not less than 10 percent of the electors of a continuous area, having a population of 1,500 persons or more and being within the district of a Territorial Authority, may propose that the area be constituted as a community.
- Not fewer than 100 electors of a continuous area having a population of fewer than 1,500 persons and being within the district of a Territorial authority, being electors present at a meeting called by public notice by any elector or electors and being the majority of the electors present at that meeting, may propose that the area be constituted as a community.
Requirements for a proposal:
- A proposal to constitute a community must be accompanied by a plan or other description sufficient to identify the area.
- Each signatory to the proposal must, against his or her signature, state his or her full name and the address in respect of which he or she possesses a qualification as an elector.
- The proposal, or a copy of it, must be delivered or sent by post to the Chief Executive at the principal office of the Territorial Authority affected by the proposal.
The Chief Executive of the Territorial Authority must:
- Check whether or not each signatory to the proposal possesses a qualification as an elector
- No later than one month after receiving the proposal, forward the proposal to the Territorial Authority, together with a certificate specifying the number of signatories to the proposal who are qualified as electors.
- In the absence of proof to the contrary, the certificate of the Chief Executive is final.
- The Territorial Authority must then consider the proposal and determine whether or not to constitute the community.
OTOROHANGA COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS 2007
|
Name |
Address |
Home |
|
Elizabeth Cowan
|
229 Barber Rd
RD 5
OTOROHANGA |
873 0849 |
|
Tim Jones
|
69 Main North Rd
OTOROHANGA |
873 8380 |
|
Brendon McNeil
|
59 Mountain View Rd
OTOROHANGA |
873 7842 |
|
Andrew Ormsby
|
Box 42
OTOROHANGA |
873 8300 |
|
Robert Prescott |
25 Karaka Rd
OTOROHANGA |
873 8941 |
|
Phil Tindle
|
Box 88
OTOROHANGA
(127I Main North Rd) |
873 8810 |
KAWHIA COMMUNITY BOARD MEMBERS 2007
|
Name |
Address |
Home |
|
Jan Bennett |
30 Kaora St
KAWHIA |
871 0276 |
|
Kit Jeffries
|
49 Te Kawa St
OTOROHANGA |
873 7615 |
|
Hamo Ormsby
|
Box 23
KAWHIA
(175 Te Puia Rd) |
871 0880 |
|
Lou Sherman
|
Box 38
KAWHIA
(179 Pearl Ave) |
871 0782 |
|
Kathy Workman-Beal
|
25 Cooper Dr
RD 1
KAWHIA |
871 0759 |