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

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Archives Identifier00183Date Range1903-1997DescriptionAt the beginning of their terms of office the Mayor and Councillors meet and decide on the number and status of committees to be set up. The Mayor is 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, make decisions within their delegated authority, and refer to the full Council any decisions for which they do not have delegated authority. The Town Clerk, or later the Clerk of Committees, is 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, typed minutes are bound into volumes. This committee dealt with legislation, leases, libraries (which included the museum and some staff matters), public relations and cultural matters. The series of minutes includes several changes of committee names and subject matter: Legislation and Leaseholds Committee, 1903-1912 Legislation and Reclaimed Land Leases Committee, 1912-1915 Leaseholds and Legislation Committee, 1915-1919 Legislation, Leaseholds and Libraries committee, 1919-1960 Libraries Committee, 1960-1962 Libraries, Public Relations and Cultural Committee, 1962-1965 Cultural Committee, 1965-1968 Cultural, Libraries and Public Relations Committee, 1968-1974 Minutes are arranged in meeting-date order and all volumes are indexed by subject matter. Volumes may include reports, newspaper cuttings, maps and plans as well as minutes. 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.Quantity (Linear Metres)1.1MediumBound VolumeSystem of ArrangementMinutes are arranged in meeting date order.Collection TypeWellington City Council

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Controlling or Creating AgencyWellington City CorporationRelationship Date Range1870-

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