Today is the last day for posting votes in the Invercargill City By-Election to make sure they arrive in time to be counted. Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said there was still plenty of time for anyone who missed the postal deadline to drop their vote off in person. “If you haven’t quite managed to […]
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Collaboration underway on governance Action Plan
Invercargill City Council is pushing ahead with its Governance Review Action Plan, with the project’s Governance Group this week confirming a timeline of activities and the tasks of five working groups. The Governance Group, which includes the Council’s two new External Appointees, the Deputy Mayor, a Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) representative and an Independent […]
Read More >ICC Encouraged by Ombudsman’s report
The Ombudsman’s report released today has several positive and encouraging comments, along with recommendations that are important for Invercargill City Council to act upon. Chief Executive Clare Hadley said she was pleased to see Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier had acknowledged the commitment ICC had made to develop a culture of openness, not only within the […]
Read More >Ballots hitting mailboxes for by-election
Voting opens today in the by-election for a seat at the Invercargill City Council table. Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said everyone enrolled to vote should start seeing their voting papers arrive in their mailboxes from today. “Voting is easy, you can fill out your ballot and send it back to us in the post, […]
Read More >Candidates for Invercargill City Council by-election announced
Nominations for next year’s Invercargill City Council by-election closed at 12 noon today. The confirmed list of candidates is; Wade Devine Tom Downey Simon Edwards Bernadine Goldsmith Wayne Harpur Carl Heenan Marcus Lush Kevin Mulrooney David Pottinger Michael Morris, Deputy Electoral Officer, is delighted with the high interest in the position left vacant in October […]
Read More >Nominations for City Council by-election close next week
A by-election will be held on 17 February next year to fill the extra-ordinary vacancy left by Cr Toni Biddle following her resignation earlier this year. Nominations for the by-election close next week on 22 December 2020. Deputy Electoral Officer Michael Morris said the nominations would close at noon on Tuesday 22 December 2020. ‘Nomination […]
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