For information on Environment Bay of Plenty's Terms of Reference for Council and Committees and full Council decisions that cannot be delegated, please download the document below.
Terms of Reference (47KB, pdf)
Council
The purposes of Environment Bay of Plenty, as a regional council, are:
- To enable democratic local decision-making and action by, and on behalf of, Bay of Plenty communities;
- To promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of Bay of Plenty communities;
- To consider governance issues regarding informing the regional community and involving them in the work of Environment Bay of Plenty;
- To provide strategic oversight of, and establish policy for, the financial affairs of Council.
Maori Committee
- To consider governance issues relating to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and Council’s legislative obligations to Maori.
Operations Committee
- To deliver and implement all Council policy, excluding regional plans developed under the Resource Management Act 1991;
- To oversee Council’s river and drainage schemes and scheme assets;
- To oversee navigation safety and oil pollution response in the Bay of Plenty
- To guide the development of regional parks.
Regulation Monitoring and Investigations Committee
- To implement Council's regional plans;
- To regulate and monitor the use, development and protection of the Bay of Plenty's natural and physical resources;
- To oversee scientific investigations of natural resource management issues.
Strategic Policy Committee
- To establish Council's strategic direction by developing and reviewing Council's key planning and policy documents;
- To oversee and foster integrated long-term planning within the Council and between the Council and the community;
- To oversee Council's regional development policy, and provide strategic oversight for regional development initiatives.
Total Mobility Management Committee
- To oversee the running of Council’s Total Mobility scheme
- To operate develop and review Council’s Total Mobility scheme
Financial and Governance Committee
- To overview Council’s financial reports and annual financial statements
For more information please contact us at info@envbop.govt.nz or call 0800 ENV BOP (368 267).
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