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

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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]