Committee Work
2026
- Elected as Deputy Mayor for the Sept 2026 – Sept 2028 period. This came with appointment to the following additional commitments:
• General Manager’s Performance Review Panel.
• Other delegations at the Mayor’s pleasure.
I am continuing my membership with the following committees:
- Disaster and Emergency Committee (committee of the whole Council)
- Heritage Committee
2024
- Disaster and Emergency Committee (committee of the whole Council)
- Heritage Committee
2023
Council engaged in a further restructure and abolition of Council committees, a move which I opposed and declared publicly was a diminution of democracy and community participation.
Standing committees which remain and which I am a member of include:
- Disaster and Emergency Committee (committee of the whole Council)
2022
After re-election to Council to a second term, I was appointed to the following:
- Disaster and Emergency Committee (committee of the whole Council)
- Innovation and Partnerships Committee
- Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (alternate delegate)
- LGNSW Conference delegate
I will maintain my interests in those committees I represented in the first term, such as the Heritage committee, and attend as many of those meetings as I can.
2021
In February 2021, after a substantial reform of Council’s committee structures, I was elected to the following new or reconstituted committees:
- Environment Committee
- Innovation and Partnerships Committee
- Disaster and Emergency Committee
My role with the Heritage Committee was ongoing, after I fought specifically to preserve that committee’s functions and membership.
2018
In October 2018, I was elected by my fellow Councillors to the role of Deputy Chair of the Hawkesbury River County Council.
In October 2019, I was honoured to be unanimously elected the Chair of the Hawkesbury River County Council for the 2019-2020 year.
After the deferral of local government elections until in September 2021, I was elected to a second term as Chairman of the HRCC with the unanimous support of the Board members representing four Council areas.
2016
At the first meeting of Council’s term commencing 27th September, 2016, I was appointed to the following committees:
- Civics and Citizenship committee
- Heritage Advisory committee
- WSROC (Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils) — appointed as a Director.
- Hawkesbury Sister Cities committee (2016-2017 only)
At the meeting held on October 11, 2016 a preferential ballot was held to elect the Council’s delegates to the Hawkesbury River County Council. I am pleased to say I was elected as one of Council’s two delegates for what would end up as a five year term.
Other committee and working groups I led included:
- Hawkesbury Regional Traffic Study Group (2017)
- Working group to draft the charter for a Council Committee on Infrastructure (appointed May 2017)
At a meeting of Council in October 2017, I was appointed to the following newly created committee: