Wellington City Council Committee minutes, First Series [All committees]

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Archives Identifier00164Date Range1870-1905DescriptionThis series contains the first Council Committee Minute Books of Wellington City Council, which replaced the Wellington Board of Works in 1870.

At the beginning of their terms of office the Mayor and Councillors met and decided on the number and status of committees to be set up. The mayor was an ex-officio member of all committees, with a small number of councillors making up the rest of each committee.

The Committees set the direction of work of Council departments, made decisions within their delegated authority, and referred to the full Council any decisions for which they did not have delegated authority.

The Town Clerk, later the Clerk of Committees, now the Deputy Chief Executive, was responsible for taking minutes and ensuring that they were written into the minute book, signed, and indexed. In later years, when minutes were typewritten, they were stuck into the minute books.

The minutes of Standing Committees are public documents, unless the committee formally went into closed session. These volumes contain minutes of both standing and one-off committees. All WCC committee minute series are successors to this series.Quantity (Linear Metres)1.54MediumBound VolumeSystem of ArrangementMinutes are arranged in meeting date order. All volumes are indexed by subject matter.Collection TypeWellington City Council

Series

Wellington Town Board and Board of Works minutes

Minutes of meetings of the Wellington City Council

WCC, Works Committee minutes

Wellington City and Suburban Water Supply Board minutes

WCC, Housing Committee minutes

WCC, Tramways Committee minutes

WCC, Bylaws Committee minutes

WCC, Reserves Committee minutes

WCC, Staff Committee minutes

WCC, Legislation, Leasehold, Libraries, Cultural and Public Relations committee minutes

WCC, various Committee minutes, 1910-1994

WCC, Abattoirs, Milk Supply, Public Health, Cemeteries, Housing and Sanitation Committee minutes

WCC, Finance and Property Committee minutes

WCC, Early Library Committee minutes

WCC, Street Widening Committee minutes

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 1, 1870-1877

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 2, 1877-1880

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 3, 1880-1882

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 4, 1883-1885

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 5, 1885-1887

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 6, 1887-1889

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 7, 1889-1891

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 8, 1891-1893

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 9, 1892-1895

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 10, 1895-1897

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 11, 1898-1900

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 12, 1900-1901

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 13, 1901-1902

Wellington City Council Committee Minutes, Volume 14, 1902-1905

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Controlling or Creating AgencyWellington City CorporationRelationship Date Range1870-

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Wellington City Council Committee minutes, First Series [All committees]