Five Council committees have been brought back into action, while the others remain in limbo, as a standard policy on Council’s committees, working groups and reference groups is developed (Groups assisting Council paused temporarily).

The five are:

• Audit Risk & Improvement Committee
• Finance Advisory Committee
• Destination Kiama
• Blue Haven Advisory Board
• Traffic Committee.

Of the five, it will only be necessary for Destination Kiama to seek new members as it is reformed, as the others have been either operating during the caretaker period, have no change to their function or already have established and endorsed terms of reference.

The report to the April Meeting said, “there is an essential operational need for each specific committee to meet. These needs relate to risk, operational targets or actions, impacts on revenue or impacts on specific projects that must be completed within required timeframes.”

“We are aiming to present the new policy to the May meeting, and then it will go out on exhibition,” says CEO Jane Stroud.

“We will use it as a working draft during that time to call for applicants to join the other committees.

“It will be good to bring the groups together and get their confirmation that it works for them before the final policy is endorsed.”