WCC, Outlying Districts Committee minutes

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Archives Identifier00177Date Range1910-1923DescriptionAt 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. 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, or later the Clerk of Committees, was responsible for taking minutes and ensuring that they are written into the minute book, signed, and indexed. In later years, when minutes are typewritten, they are stuck into the minute books. Later still, typewritten or word processed minutes are bound into volumes.

The minutes of Standing Committees are public documents, unless the committee has formally gone into closed session. The minutes of one off or ad hoc committees are not necessarily public. The committee was set up on 3 May 1907. No committee was appointed after the election at the meeting of Council on 10 May 1923. It dealt with areas outside the immediate central city, including the area to Vivian Street, Hataitai, Queens Drive, near the Patent Slip, Thorndon, Kelburn [after 1908], two portions of Northland brought into the city, Wadestown, Hutt Road and the quarry, Island Bay, Mornington and Vogeltown, all under one supervisor, later split into two areas, with a supervisor over each. Volumes may include reports, newspaper cuttings, maps and plans as well as minutes.Quantity (Linear Metres)0.33MediumBound VolumeSystem of ArrangementMinutes are arranged in meeting date order. All volumes are indexed by subject matter.Collection TypeWellington City Council

Minutes of the Wellington City Council Outlying Districts Committee, 1910-1915

Minutes of the Outlying Districts Committee, 1915-1917

Minutes of the Outlying Districts Committee, 1918-1923

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Controlling or Creating AgencyWellington City CorporationRelationship Date Range1870-

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WCC, Outlying Districts Committee minutes