Tasman District Council
Tasman District Council is the unitary local authority for the Tasman District of New Zealand. The council is led by the mayor of Tasman, who is currently.
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History
Tasman District Council was formed on 1 November 1989, replacing Richmond Borough Council, Motueka County Council, Golden Bay County Council and Waimea County Council, as part of nationwide local government reforms. The Tasman council, Nelson City Council, Marlborough District Council and Kaikoura District Council were within the Nelson-Marlborough region, until the Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was disestablished three years later on 1 July 1992. Tasman, Nelson and Marlborough became unitary authorities on that date, with the regional functions for Kaikoura being transferred to Canterbury Regional Council.Structure
Tasman elects its 13 councillors from five wards: three from Motueka, three from Moutere/Waimea, four from Richmond, one from Murchison and two from Golden Bay. Golden Bay and Motueka wards also have community boards, each with four elected members, who work with the council to support their local community.The council chamber is in Richmond and there are service centres at Motueka, Murchison, Richmond and Tākaka.
In 2020, the council had 289 staff, including 63 earning more than $100,000. According to the right-wing Taxpayers' Union think tank, residential rates averaged $3,186, and only Carterton District Council and Auckland Council had higher rates.
Committees
Council members meet each month as a full council. There are six council committees: Regulatory, Strategy and Policy, Operations, Audit and Risk, CEO Review and Commercial.Tasman District Council has representatives on several joint committees with Nelson City Council: Community Development, Engineering Services, Environmental Planning, Tasman Regional Transport, Joint Shareholders Committee, the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit, the Regional Pest Management Joint Committee, and the Saxton Field Committee. The two councils also have a joint District Licensing Committee, which deals with all alcohol licensing matters.