6.6.2 Non-decision-making meetings
Workshops
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Local boards also hold workshops. Workshops do not have decision-making authority.
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Workshops are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions and to enable free and frank discussion between elected members and staff.
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Workshops for groups of local boards can be held giving local boards the chance to work together on common interests or topics.
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Workshops are generally not open to the public. Decisions will be made at a formal, public board meeting.
Chairs’ Forum
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Local board chairs meet regularly at the Chairs’ Forum to consider a range of issues relevant to all boards. The forum is not a decision-making body.
- The Chairs’ Forum is not set up as a formal decision-making body. However, from time to time, local boards may delegate decision-making authority to chairs, as appropriate to work with other chairs at the Chairs’ Forum to make collective decisions that affect all local boards. An example of such a decision is the selection of a single local board representative to fill a seat reserved for Auckland’s 21 local boards on the Local Government New Zealand National Council.
Political Working Parties
g.Sometimes, political working parties comprising local board members or local board members and governing body members are established to consider an issue in more depth. Typically these are established for issues that may need on-going oversight or to develop feedback on a particular topic for the board. Any issues requiring decisions will be reported to the relevant business meeting and/or governing body committee.