[News short] BAW Baw’s newly elected and re-elected councillors have been appointed to represent the council on its advisory, steering and representative committees.

Advisory committees are made up of members of the community and councillors and are designed to act as a think tank for specific local issues.

The list of committees and representative councillors is below.

Councillors will hold their positions until November 2013, after which they may stay in their committees or change.

	Group objective:	Councillors 2012/2013:
Advisory Committees
Arts and Culture Advisory Committee	To provide advice to Council on matters pertaining to the Arts.	Cr Harrington Cr Murphy
Audit Committee	Refer to the Audit Committee Charter for full details.	Mayor (Cr Cook) Cr Gauci Cr Jones (alternative)
Australia Day Committee	Refer to the Australia Day Committee Terms of Reference.	Mayor (Cr Cook) Cr Brown Cr Harrington
CEO Performance Review Committee	To review the performance of the CEO against measures set by the Council.	Mayor (Cr Cook) Deputy Mayor (Cr Brown) Cr Gauci Cr Jones
Disability Advisory Committee	Provide strategic advice to Council on access and inclusion of people with a disability.	Cr Jones Cr Brown (alternative)
Place Names Advisory Committee	Provide appropriate advice and recommendations on place naming matters as per Terms of Reference.	Cr Jones Cr Power (alternative)
Red Tape Reduction Committee		Cr Jones Cr Williamson Cr Balfour (alternative)
Towns and Rural Communities Network		All Councillors
Environment Voice Advisory Committee	Provide advice and recommendations in relation to strategies, education programs and issues. (Councillors have no voting rights on this committee.)	Cr Power
Youth Action Committee	A forum for young people to regularly meet and express their views on issues affecting them and their peers and to inform Council on strategies. (Councillors have no voting rights on this committee.)	Cr Power Cr Jones (alternative)
Baw Baw Business and Tourism Voice	To provide advice and recommendations relating to key tourism and business strategies, projects and/or programmes	Two of: Cr Brown Cr Williamson Cr Cook
Project/Steering Committees
Settlement Strategy Planning Project Steering Committee		Cr Brown Cr Power Cr Williamson (alternative) Cr Balfour (alternative)
External Body Representation
Australian Local Government Women’s Association		Cr Power Cr Jones (alternative)
Gippsland Emergency Relief Fund		Cr Balfour
Gippsland Local Government Network		Mayor (Cr Cook)
Gippsland Regional Waste Management Group	To facilitate the introduction of best practice waste management techniques into Gippsland	Cr Harrington
Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV)		Mayor (Cr Cook)
Timber Towns Victoria	Timber Towns Victoria is the representative voice of local government in relation to forestry on private and public land	Cr Harrington Cr Balfour (alternative)
Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA)		Mayor (Cr Cook)
Walhalla Board of Management		Cr Balfour
Walhalla Tourist Railway Committee		Cr Balfour
West Gippsland Regional Library Corporation Board	Manage the delivery of the Library services on behalf of the three member councils	Cr Power Cr Jones (alternative)
Baw Baw Community Partnership		Mayor (Cr Cook) Deputy Mayor(Cr Brown)
Peri-Urban Group of Councils		Mayor (Cr Cook)

Source: Baw Baw Shire Council

 

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One response to “New councillors on Baw Baw advisory committees”

1. wombat lyons says:

   8 November 2012 at 18:25

   Cr Power is a good choice for the youth committee and i’m glad with the two councillors who put themselves forward for the arts