HUTT CITY COUNCIL

 

 

WAINUIOMATA COMMUNITY BOARD

 

Meeting to be held on

Wednesday 28 June 2017 commencing at 7pm

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT SEPARATELY CIRCULATED FROM ORDER PAPER

 

 

 

9.       CHAIR’S REPORT

 

Report No. WCB2017/3/101 by the Chair                                                            2

 

 

 

 

 

Annie Doornebosch

COMMITTEE ADVISOR SECRETARIAT SERVICES

 

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Wainuiomata Community Board

28 June 2017

 

 

 

File: (17/1008)

 

 

 

 

Report no: WCB2017/3/101

 

Chair's Report June 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Author: Richard Sinnott

Chair

 

 

  

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Chairs report June 2017

 

Wainuiomata Community Board – Chair’s Report – June 2017

 

Short and sweet – hopefully!

 

1 – It has been great to see the basketball courts by the Rugby League Club being put to great use during the evenings with the lighting being installed. I have been past almost every night for the last week after sunset and have seen the courts being used by groups on each occasion. This is a great example of council investing in infrastructure that makes a real difference at a grass roots level in our community – a core function. That this came from the continued lobbying of board member Terry Stallworth and Councillor Campbell Barry helps prove local representation can achieve great things for a community. I hope to see more small, and some large, wins like this for our community over the next two years of our triennium.

 

2 – At the next Wainuiomata Community Board meeting in September we will be presenting for the second time the community spirit award, for someone in our community that has contributed in a positive manner to making it the community we all know and love. More on this will follow, though the background of it is:

-      Nominations open August 2nd, close August 23rd

-      Nominations can be sent via email (wainuiomatacommunityboard@huttcity.govt.nz), Facebook private message, posting into the council, or dropped to a box we are hoping to set up

-      150 word maximum per entry

-      Board Members are not permitted to nominate, or be nominated

Any suggestions will be gratefully received. There are some fantastic people doing some amazing work in our community every day, and I look forward to recognising this in September.

 

3 – The general election is not too far away now, being September 23rd. I would love to see a high voter turnout for our community. We can encourage this by ensuring friends and family are enrolled to vote, and encouraging them to exercise their right to vote come September 23rd (or earlier with advance voting) I would say I look forward to a positive, policy dominant campaign but evidence thus far would indicate that may already be a pipe dream. I encourage everyone to check out the policies of each party and vote according to what works for them. However you vote, it is important to know it is never wrong – it is an individual choice.

 

All the best, and I look forward to spring which we are edging closer to every day now we are past the halfway mark of winter.

Cheers,

Richard