ONLY TWO YEARS
SUGGESTION TQ COUNCIL ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN NOT FAVOURED ON THE PLAINS “That the annually elected chairman of the county council hold office for only two years in succession and that at the conclusion of his second term he automatically vacates the chair and does not offer himself for re-election for a period of six years from the date of vacation,” was a •notice of motion moved at the annual meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council held on Wednesday, by Mr J. W. Neate. This was seconded by Mr F. Pinchess.
Mr J. F. Mayn asked whether such a proposal was in order. He questioned the right of the council to alter the right of any councillor to stand for the office of chairman.
The clerk, Mr E. A. Mahoney, read the statute which stated that the chairman must be elected at the annual meeting of the council each year. Merely An Agreement
It was explained that the notice of motion if carried would be merely an agreement and would only bind the present council. Mr J. W. Neate assured the chairman there was nothing personal in the proposal. He said he had the greatest respect for Mr Parfitt who had conducted the affairs of the council in an admirable manner. Reason for Motion His reason for bringing the matter up was because in his opinion it was in the chairman’s own interests to vacate the chair after a period. If a chairman held office for too long he became stale and it was a well-known fact that a new broom swept clean. The question of sentiment crept in if a chairman held office too long, continued Mr Neate. He contended that if he had approached any member of the council to make a change to-day the reply would have been that Mr Parfitt had held office so long it would not be fair to shift him. If a man became old in his job it was not in the best interests of the concern.
When the motion was put to the meeting it was lost.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3269, 28 May 1943, Page 5
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349ONLY TWO YEARS Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3269, 28 May 1943, Page 5
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