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MANGAWHAI'S NO.1 NEWSPAPER
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Fresh challenge for KDC commissionerColin Dale has resigned his position as Kaipara District Council commissioner, taking up a role as acting chief executive with the Far North District Council.
The position will take all of his time until a new appointment is made. “We have all enjoyed working with Commissioner Dale and are sorry to have him leave the team,” says Chair of Commissioners, John Robertson. “However, we understand his reasoning and wish him the best with his new role.” Mr Robertson says that Council faced serious issues on a number of fronts at the time of the appointment of the four Commissioners. They have, in his view, carried out their duties well together and have been able to relatively quickly restore confidence in the Council. He adds that Council organisation under Chief Executive Steve Ruru and his management team has lifted its performance, and that community engagement is good, led initially by Commissioners but now being transferred to staff with their backing. The team of four Commissioners applied considerable time to Council matters in their first eighteen months, including to the proposing of the Validation Bill, the Auditor-General's Inquiry and, recently, the Judicial Review hearings. However, as the executive has been strengthened and the Council has greatly improved its performance and capabilities, they have been able to reduce the amount of time involved in a number of areas. Upon their appointment, each Commissioner was assigned key areas of responsibility. Commissioner Dale has considerable skills in terms of community and iwi relationship development and this became his "portfolio" of focus. Mr Robertson says that although his leadership in this area will be missed, the remaining Commissioners are confident they can pick this up, assisted by an executive which now has capability in this area. “There is no doubt in my mind that the decision by the Minister to appoint four Commissioners in September 2012 was the correct one. Today, the organisation is much more robust and the historic issues are well understood.” |
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