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Keeping You Informed As at 5 August - I'm still updating this page - please revisit next week If elected Mayor, I’ll reinstate monthly councillor reports so that every elected member has the opportunity to share the work they’ve been doing on behalf of our communities. It’s a simple but important step in building trust and ensuring we’re all accountable for the roles we take on. In the meantime, I’ve been posting monthly round-ups on Facebook throughout my term — not just at election time. You’ll find copies of those updates here, so you can see the work I’ve been doing to represent you. |
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I’ll share more about a range of different topics in a series of short posts over the coming months – but in the meantime I just wanted to let you know even though I haven’t posted I have been busy putting in the mahi for you. Before I put my hand up as a candidate for council I talked to several past and present councillors to gauge how much time would be required – and it came back as round about 20 hours per week – but sometimes much more. I think that was a good estimate. In February I spent just under 110 hours on Council and related matters including travel time. There have been three public meetings this month – the Audit and Risk Meeting on 22 February, Te Raangai Whakakaupapa Koorero on 23 February and the full Council Meeting on 28 February. Recordings of all these meetings can be found at https://www.waitomo.govt.nz/council/council-meetings/ . Agendas and meeting papers for these meetings can be found at https://www.waitomo.govt.nz/council/council-meetings/2023-agenda-minutes/ As well as the public meetings we also meet in Workshops to deep dive into topics in a more informal setting – usually with staff making presentations to bring us all up to speed. We only had one workshop in February around the Annual Plan process and budget. We also had a Strategic Planning Day on Friday 24 February where we all got to know our fellow councillors better and started to lay the groundwork for how we can best work together for the next three years to achieve the best outcomes for our community. Just one of the things coming out of that day was that a short summary of what has been covered in our workshops will be publicly included in our monthly meeting packs. This will help provide more transparency – as sometimes it may seem that there is no discussion at the meeting about a topic – but actually it has been discussed extensively at a workshop. Mayor Robertson and Councillor Manawaiti also accepted the invitation to come and see the current roading situation and storm damage on the roads from Hangatiki out to the west coast at Taharoa and onto Te Waitere and back through Kinohaku. Thank you to Chris Irons for joining us to provide valuable local insight. Several things have come out of that trip and are being worked on. With my strong interest in roading I am now the Waitomo District Council representative on the Regional Transport Committee. I attended my first induction meeting of this committee in February and the first formal quarterly meeting happens in March. I’ll share more about the purpose and work of this committee later. Finally but not least my heart and thoughts go out to everyone who has been impacted by the weather events of the past six weeks. Words are not adequate for those who have lost loved ones. The scale and impact is hard to comprehend and so many families and businesses have a very long haul ahead of them as they rebuild what they can and mourn the loss of what they can’t. Kia Kaha |
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