Community boards act as advisors: survey
Results of a survey of the functions carried out by community boards around the country have recently been released by the Department of Internal Affairs. The report describes the findings of a 1995 survey of 'New Zealand territorial authorities and community boards, conducted to identify the functions currently carried out by
community boards and to find out about their working relationship with their territorial authorities. Key findings include: • The range of responsibilities delegated to community boards (out of a possible 44 functions) in the 1 992- 1 995 triennium varied widely, and covered almost the whole gamut of territorial authority acti vity. • On average most of the
functions delegated to community boards were advisory functions and fewer were decisionmaking functions. However, this varied across districts and some community boards had extensive decision-making powers delegated to them. • The majority of territorial authorities (76 per cent) were satisfied with the working relationship between them and their community boards. • A slightly smaller
majority of community boards (63 per cent) were satisfied with the working relationship. A number commented that the working relationship was improving as problems were worked through, while 18 per cent said that the working relationship was poor and not improving. Comments suggest that satisfaction with the overall working relationship was related to the presence of effective procedures to facilitate delegation and
consultation. « Legislation appears to be working successfully in the majority of districts. B ased on responses to the questionnaires sent to all territorial authorities (city and district councils) the department has established some suggested examples of good practice for formulating a positive working relationship between a territorial authority and its community board(s) and these are included in the report.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 13, Issue 638, 28 May 1996, Page 7
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