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Council committees and appointments

Mayor

Rachel Reese

Deputy Mayor

Judene Edgar

Governing Committee

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Governance and Finance	Rachel Sanson	Gaile Noonan	Trudie Brand Yvonne Bowater Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Kate Fulton Matt Lawrey Brian McGurk Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Pete Rainey Tim Skinner External Appointees x 2
Environment	Kate Fulton	Brian McGurk (Nelson Plan Lead Role)	Trudie Brand Yvonne Bowater Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Matt Lawrey Gaile Noonan Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson Tim Skinner External Appointee x 1
Community Services	Matt Lawrey	Yvonne Bowater	Trudie Brand Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Kate Fulton Brian McGurk Gaile Noonan Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson Tim Skinner
Sports and Recreation	Tim Skinner	Trudie Brand	Yvonne Bowater Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Kate Fulton Matt Lawrey Brian McGurk Gaile Noonan Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson
Infrastructure	Brian McGurk	Rohan O’Neill-Stevens	Trudie Brand Yvonne Bowater Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Kate Fulton Matt Lawrey Gaile Noonan Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson Tim Skinner

Subcommittees

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Audit and Risk	External Appointee John Peters	External Appointee John Murray	Mayor Reese Deputy Mayor Chair of the Governance and Finance Committee

Other Committees

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Chief Executive Employment	Mayor Reese	Deputy Mayor Edgar	Gaile Noonan Pete Rainey
Civil Defence Emergency Management Group	Alternates between Mayor Reese and Mayor King (TDC)	None appointed	Mayor Reese Mayor King (TDC) Stuart Bryant (TDC) Judene Edgar
Joint Committee	Alternates between Mayor Reese and Mayor King (TDC)	None appointed	All Elected Members of Nelson City and Tasman District Councils
Joint Shareholders Committee	Alternates between Mayor Reese and Mayor King (TDC)	None appointed	Tasman District Elected Members Stuart Bryant Christeen Mackenzie Kit Maling David Ogilvie Nelson City Elected Members Rachel Reese Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Brian McGurk Gaile Noonan Rachel Sanson
Regional Transport	Brian McGurk	Judene Edgar	Mayor Reese Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Jim Harland (NZTA Representative)
Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit	Kit Maling (TDC)	Tim Skinner	Trevor Tuffnell (TDC) Brian McGurk Brendon Silcock (Independent Member) Frank Hippolite (Iwi Representative) Philip Wilson (Industry Representative)
Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit	Judene Edgar	Trindi Walker (TDC)	Stuart Bryant (TDC) Brian McGurk Andrew Stephens (Iwi Representative)
District Licensing	External commissioner	Kate Fulton	Gaile Noonan
Resource Management Act Procedures	Appointed by Committee	Appointed by Committee	Mayor Reese Kate Fulton Brian McGurk
Hearings Panel – Resource Management Act	n/a – Panel constituted as required	n/a – Panel constituted as required	Mayor Reese Kate Fulton Brian McGurk Tim Skinner
Hearings Panel - Other	n/a – Panel constituted as required	n/a – Panel constituted as required	All councillors
Saxton Field Committee	Derek Shaw (Independent Chair)	n/a	Kit Maling (TDC) Trevor Tuffnell (TDC) Judene Edgar and Tim Skinner
Forestry Advisory Group	External Appointee John Murray	n/a	Mayor Reese Rachel Sanson Peter Gorman (Independent Forestry Expert) Alec Louverdis (Group Manager Infrastructure)

Other

Group	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Youth Council	n/a – appointed by Youth Council	n/a	All councillors on rotation
Biodiversity Forum			Councillor liaison roles held by Kate Fulton Brian McGurk Rachel Sanson
Sister Cities	Sister Cities Coordinator Gail Collingwood	n/a	Mayor Reese Bill Findlater Marilyn Gibbs Lyndal McMeeking Barbara Markland Helen Tyson Councillor Trudie Brand Youth Councillor Jasmine Wayman
Developer Advisory Group	n/a	n/a	Mayor Reese Mel Courtney Matt Lawrey
Greenmeadows Working Party	n/a	n/a	Mayor Reese Chair and Deputy Chair of Community Services Chairperson Audit and Risk Subcommittee
City Centre Working Group	Pete Rainey	Mel Courtney	Mayor Reese Trudie Brand Matt Lawrey Gaile Noonan
Iwi-Council Partnership Group	Rotation	n/a	Mayor Reese Judene Edgar Matt Lawrey Rachel Sanson Iwi Representatives