Council members and meetings
Role of council and committees
Overview |
Auckland City Council |
Committees
Overview
The Auckland City Council is New Zealand's largest territorial authority under the Local Government Act 2002.
It is responsible
for over 401,000 residents and its jurisdiction covers 595km2,
including the Hauraki Gulf islands. The council comprises a mayor and 19
councillors, who are elected every three years.
The mayor is elected to represent the entire city, while each councillor represents
one of the seven wards in the city. Each ward also has one or
two community boards, made up of one or more councillors and elected board members.
The council generally focuses on issues from a city-wide perspective, while
community boards deal with local matters.
Auckland City Council
The role of the elected council is to make policy on
- setting major policy (including strategic, annual and district plans,
long-term financial strategies and funding policies
- appointing and monitoring the performance of the chief executive
- approving contracts over $1 million
- determining the council's committee structure, membership and delegations
- iwi relationships.
It makes
decisions on matters that are not delegated to committees or Auckland City
staff. Council meetings are scheduled twice a month, except during the
January recess.
Committees
The elected council delegates responsibility for some of its functions to
standing committees. These committees deal with finance and property, planning,
community development, works and transport. They generally meet once a month.
Councillors are appointed to committees. They make decisions on
city-wide issues and activities and to plan policy on delegated fields of
activity. A field of activity is a specific activity or
function, which the committee has responsibility for.
Committee membership consists of a chair, appointed councillors and a city
council general manager is assigned to each committee to provide advice and information
on legislative requirements, delegated powers, and council policy. Democracy
Services group also assigns a democracy adviser to each committee to
provide advice and administrative support.
City
Development
| General manager |
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John Duthie |
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| Chair |
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Councillor Bhatnagar |
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| Deputy chair |
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Councillor Mulholland |
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| Members |
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- Councillor Armstrong
- Councillor Christian
- Councillor Donnelly
- Councillor Fryer
- Councillor Raffills
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| Delegations |
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- Urban growth
- Environment character and heritage
- Urban design
- Sustainability
- Economic development
- Infrastructure (excluding transport)
- Central area/waterfront
- District plan bylaws and regulatory processes
- Civil Defence
- International relations
- Financial/Development contributions
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| Related information |
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Agendas and minutes |
Mayor and councillor contact details
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Updated October 2009
