This week at Tuesday Club we looked at Community Boards, community engagement, citizens assemblies and more. Thanks to Bebe Frayle for being the spark, thanks to those there who contributed. Voter return in 2022 local elections was 43.31%. Less than 50% of our voting age population voted. … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 8 November 2022
One issue constantly raised during the election campaign was CCC’s inability to respond to local feedback. Time and time again people reported especially about traffic engineers producing plans for roading, or cycleways, and ignoring the feedback. Max Rashbrooke wrote in The Press this week - … [Read more...]
Phil Gets Things Done Column 8 Nov
This week we will give Phil a thumbs up and a thumbs down. On Monday Dan Gordon, mayor of Waimakariri, Wayne Brown, mayor of Auckland, and Phil Mauger, mayor of Christchurch, co-shared a press conference in Auckland promoting an alternative to the government’s current 3 Waters plan. They … [Read more...]
CCC – CEO Performance and Employment Committee
The makeup of the CCC’s CEO Performance and Employment committee is wrong and councillors should revisit it if they want their future monitoring of the CEO to be trusted. In 1924, Lord Hewart the then Lord Chief Justice of England said, “Justice must not only be done, but must also be seen to be … [Read more...]
The Phil gets things done Column – the Stadium roads
We are starting a new column. During the campaign we all heard about “Phil gets things done”. It was a winning PR line. Now’s the time to measure the performance of the new mayor using his own by-line. This week let’s consider the council consultation over roading around the … [Read more...]
The Local Government Review is out
The government set up a panel to review Local Government. This review was announced after the government had already started to garrot local government through its 3 Waters review and its rewriting of the Resource Management Act. It was a classic shut-the-gate-after-the-horse-has-bolted … [Read more...]
This week – Andrew Turner and Sara Templeton
Introduction to the Draft Annual plan and how to make your voice heard - submissions by 18 April. Meeting on Zoom 5pm to chat for 5.30 start … [Read more...]
Submissions to ECan
Thanks to three ECan Councillors Lan Pham, Vicky Southworth and Craig Pauling who gave an extra presentation last week at 7.30 about the ECan annual plan, with a view to encouraging you to make submissions. This session was co-hosted by Tuesday Club, Aoraki Greens and Sustainable Ōtautahi … [Read more...]
7.30 Session – make a submission to ECan
At 7.30 Tuesday we have three ECan Councillors Lan Pham, Vicky Southworth and Craig Pauling give a presentation about the ECan annual plan, with a view to encouraging you to make submissions. This session is co-hosted by Tuesday Club, Aoraki Greens and Sustainable Ōtautahi Christchurch. Link … [Read more...]
Christchurch City Council Annual Plan submissions called for…
We received this from the Christchurch City Council requesting submissions on the Annual Plan: We’re getting in touch again to let you know that consultation is now open on the Draft Annual Plan 2022/23, and that you can now have your say ( Draft Annual Plan 2022/23 : Christchurch City Council … [Read more...]
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