Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

25POLITICAL STRUCTUREThe political structure of the Council at present comprises a number of committees, most ofwhich meet on a regular basis.The Standing Committees include:- Planning and Policy- Community Well-Being- Finance and Performance- Creative Communities NewZealand/Art & Culture Fund- Committee of Council- Audit and Risk- HearingsThere is one sub-committee:- The Gordon Kear Forest Management Sub-CommitteeThere is one joint committee:- Manawatu District/Palmerston North City Joint Strategic Planning CommitteeFor the 2010-2013 term of Council, meetings of the Council and its committees were held ona monthly cycle. Meetings of committees were generally held at 2.00 pm on a week-day andthe Council meeting held at 7.00pm, on the last Wednesday of the calendar month. Allmeetings are open to the public except where confidential matters are considered.All Councillors are members of the Council and, in the current political structure, of theCommittee of Council. In addition, all Councillors are members of one or more of the otherstanding committees.The political structure will be reviewed by the incoming Council following the October 2013elections. At that time, most existing committee arrangements will cease. The Council isfree to decide on its committee structure, membership, meeting dates and times can changethis as it wishes from time to time.68 Palmerston North City Council Elections 2013