New Committee Structure Reflects Work Streams

A new committee structure that councillors have been working on for some months was adopted at yesterday’s council meeting.

The structure is part of the council’s strategic focus on the increasingly complex and integrated work programmes and is designed to improve both organisational efficiency and effectiveness.

Environment Southland Chairman Ali Timms said the new committee structure would no longer be organised according to divisions because work streams now go across divisions.

“It better reflects our governance of the organisation,” she said.

The new committees are:

· Strategy and Policy, Chairman: Councillor Nicol Horrell

· Organisational Performance and Audit, Chairman: Councillor Jan Riddell

· Regulatory, Chairman: Councillor Neville Cook

· Regional Services, Chairman: Councillor Ross Cockburn

They replace the consents, corporate management & audit, environmental management committees and the former regional services committee.

The Regional Transport committee and the Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Committees remain unchanged.

The new committee structure takes effect from 2015.

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