Council committees and appointments

Mayor

Rachel Reese

Deputy Mayor

Judene Edgar

Governing Committees

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Environment and Climate	Kate Fulton	Brian McGurk (Nelson Plan Lead Role) Mel Courtney	Mayor Rachel Reese Trudie Brand Yvonne Bowater Judene Edgar Matt Lawrey Gaile Noonan Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson Tim Skinner Glenice Paine (External Appointee)
Community and Recreation	Tim Skinner	Trudie Brand	Mayor Rachel Reese Yvonne Bowater Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Kate Fulton Matt Lawrey Brian McGurk Gaile Noonan Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson Tom Alesana (Māori Representative)
Infrastructure	Brian McGurk	Rohan O’Neill-Stevens	Mayor Rachel Reese Trudie Brand Yvonne Bowater Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Kate Fulton Matt Lawrey Gaile Noonan Pete Rainey Rachel Sanson Tim Skinner Naomi Aporo (Māori Representative)

Committee

Chair

Deputy Chair

Membership

Environment and Climate

Kate Fulton

Brian McGurk

(Nelson Plan Lead Role)

Mel Courtney

Mayor Rachel Reese
Trudie Brand
Yvonne Bowater
Judene Edgar
Matt Lawrey
Gaile Noonan
Rohan O’Neill-Stevens
Pete Rainey
Rachel Sanson
Tim Skinner
Glenice Paine (External
Appointee)

Community and Recreation

Tim Skinner

Trudie Brand

Mayor Rachel Reese
Yvonne Bowater
Mel Courtney
Judene Edgar
Kate Fulton
Matt Lawrey
Brian McGurk
Gaile Noonan
Rohan O’Neill-Stevens
Pete Rainey
Rachel Sanson
Tom Alesana (Māori Representative)

Infrastructure

Brian McGurk

Rohan O’Neill-Stevens

Mayor Rachel Reese
Trudie Brand
Yvonne Bowater
Mel Courtney
Judene Edgar
Kate Fulton
Matt Lawrey
Gaile Noonan
Pete Rainey
Rachel Sanson
Tim Skinner
Naomi Aporo (Māori Representative)

Subcommittees

Subcommittee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Audit, Risk and Finance	External Appointee John Peters		Mayor Rachel Reese Judene Edgar Matt Lawrey Rachel Sanson John Murray (External Appointee) Shanell Kelly (Māori Representative)
Urban Development	Judene Edgar		Mayor Rachel Reese Mel Courtney Kate Fulton Brian McGurk Pete Rainey Chanel Starkey (Māori Representative)
Strategic Development and Property	Gaile Noonan		Mayor Rachel Reese Yvonne Bowater Trudie Brand Tim Skinner John Peters (External Appointee) John Murray (External Appointee) One Māori Representative (tba)
Forestry	External Appointee John Murray		Mayor Rachel Reese Kate Fulton (Chair of Environment and Climate Committee) Tim Skinner (Chair of Community and Recreation Committee) Peter Gorman (Independent Forestry Expert) Officer with responsibility for forestry One other officer
Tenders	Mayor Rachel Reese		Judene Edgar Chair of committee relevant to tender Chief Executive

Other Committees

Committee	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Chief Executive Employment	Mayor Reese	Judene Edgar	Gaile Noonan Pete Rainey
Civil Defence Emergency Management Group	Alternates between Mayor Reese and Mayor King (TDC)	None appointed	Mayor Rachel Reese Mayor Tim 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: Mayor Tim King Stuart Bryant Barry Dowler Christeen Mackenzie Kit Maling David Ogilvie Nelson City Elected Members: Mayor Rachel Reese Mel Courtney Judene Edgar Brian McGurk Gaile Noonan Rachel Sanson
Regional Transport	Brian McGurk	Judene Edgar	Mayor Rachel Reese Rohan O’Neill-Stevens Jim Harland (NZTA Representative)
Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit	Kit Maling (TDC)	Tim Skinner	Trevor Tuffnell (TDC) Brian McGurk Tallat Mehmood (Independent Member) Vacant (Māori Representative) Philip Wilson (Industry Representative)
Nelson Tasman Regional Landfill Business Unit	Judene Edgar	Trindi Walker (TDC)	Stuart Bryant (TDC) Mel Courtney Andrew Stephens (Iwi Representative)
District Licensing	Oke Blaikie (external appointee)	Kate Fulton	Gaile Noonan Gail Collingwood (External Appointee) Derek Shaw (External Appointee) Laurie Gabites (External Appointee) David Lewis (External Appointee)
Resource Management Act Procedures	Appointed by Committee	Appointed by Committee	Mayor Rachel Reese Kate Fulton Brian McGurk
Hearings Panel – Resource Management Act	n/a – Panel constituted as required	n/a – Panel constituted as required	All members hold current Making Good Decisions certification
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 Tim Skinner

Other

Group	Chair	Deputy Chair	Membership
Youth Council	n/a – appointed by Youth Council	n/a	Rohan O'Neill Stevens All other councillors on rotation
Nelson Biodiversity Forum			Councillor liaison roles held by Kate Fulton Brian McGurk Rachel Sanson
Sister City Coordinating Group	Sister Cities Coordinator Gail Collingwood	n/a	Mayor Rachel Reese Trudie Brand Bill Findlater Marilyn Gibbs Barbara Markland Helen Tyson Gavin Dickson Isla Kennard - Nelson Youth Councillor
City Centre Engagement Group	Mel Courtney		Judene Edgar
Iwi-Council Partnership Group	Rotation	n/a	Mayor Rachel Reese Judene Edgar Matt Lawrey Rachel Sanson Iwi Representatives