Palmerston North City Council Candidates Information Booklet

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26MANAGEMENT STRUCTUREThe City Council staff are headed by a Chief Executive who is directly responsible to theelected Council for:- Implementing the decisions of the Council.- Providing advice to the Council.- Ensuring that all responsibilities, duties and powers delegated to the Chief Executive orany person employed by him are properly performed or exercised.- Managing the activities of the Council effectively and efficiently.- Maintaining systems to enable effective planning and accurate reporting of the financialand service performance of the Council.- Providing leadership for the staff of the Council.- Employing staff (including negotiation of the terms of employment for the staff).To carry out its functions, the City Council staff are divided into the following units:- City Corporate- City Enterprises- City Future- City Networks- Customer Services- Libraries and Community ServicesThe Chief Executive is appointed by the Council. All other staffing responsibilities areconferred on the Chief Executive. The appointment of the Chief Executive is limited to amaximum of five years, although this contract can be renewed.Palmerston North City Council Elections 201369
27ACCOUNTABILITYUnder the Local Government Act 2002, the Council must ensure that:- The role of democratic governance to the community, and the expected conduct ofelected members, is clear and understood by elected members in the community.- The governance structures and processes are effective, open, and transparent.- As far as practicable, responsibility and processes for decision-making in relation toregulatory responsibilities is separated from responsibility and processes for decisionmakingfor non-regulatory responsibilities.- It is a good employer.- The relationship between elected members and management of the Council is effectiveand understood.The Council is required by the Local Government Act 2002 to engage in planning processeswhich include a Long-Term Plan, and an Annual Plan. These planning processes arebriefly described on the following pages. Members of the public have an opportunity forinput into these plans and other major policies and projects through consultation processes,including this special consultative procedure. Under this procedure, public notice is given ofCouncil proposals, following which members of the public have between one and threemonths to make written submissions and, if they wish, appear before a Council Committee tobe heard in support of their submission.The Council is also required to prepare an Annual Report. This is a public report whichsets out how well the Council has carried out its intentions, as set out in the correspondingyear in the Long Term Council Community Plan and Annual Plan.Accountability of the Council is also maintained through:- Triennial local authority elections.- The Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 which promotes theopen conduct of local authority meetings and prescribes rights of access to information.- Scrutiny of Council decisions and activities by the Ombudsman, the Controller andAuditor-General, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and the PrivacyCommissioner.- Scrutiny by the Minister of Local Government, who may appoint a Crown Observer,Manager, or Review Team, or a Commission to run the Council, depending on themagnitude of the perceived problem.- Scrutiny by the media, public interest organisations and the public generally.70 Palmerston North City Council Elections 2013
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DMS #869281CONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION .
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1INTRODUCTIONThis booklet outlines
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Please note that this Candidate Inf
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The Palmerston North Constituency o
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4ELECTION TIMETABLE2013 LOCAL AUTHO
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5CANDIDATEQUALIFICATIONS A candidat
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6NOMINATIONSNominations Key Dates:N
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endorsement by any organisation or
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Page 51 and 52: 15SPECIAL VOTINGSpecial Votes are a
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Page 75 and 76: 29RAISING MATTERS WITH THE COUNCILT
Page 77 and 78: 30MAYORPalmerston North City Counci
Page 79 and 80: 32CODE OF CONDUCTSchedule 7 of the
Page 81 and 82: 33REMUNERATION AND EXPENSESThe remu
Page 83 and 84: 35INAUGURAL MEETINGThe successful c
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