Peter French new Deputy Mayor for TCDC

Council appoints new committees

New Thames councillor Peter French has been elected as Deputy Mayor of the Thames-Coromandel District Council.

The following committees were also named at the inaugural meeting of the new Council on Wednesday:

Audit Committee: Tony Fox (Chair), Tony Brljevich and Jan Bartley. External representative yet to be appointed.

Chief Executive Liaison Committee: Glenn Leach (Chair), Peter French and Murray McLean.

Judicial Committee: Wyn Hoadley (Chair), Murray McLean, Tony Brljevich, and Tony Fox. (Reserve members: Diane Connors, Jan Bartley and Peter French).

Service Delivery: Murray McLean (Chair), Tony Brljevich, Tony Fox and Jack Wells.

Policy and Planning: Peter French (Chair), Wyn Hoadley, Jan Bartley and Diane Connors.

Blueprint Political Steering Group: Glenn Leach and Peter French.

The local councillors in each ward were also appointed to their respective community boards:

Mercury Bay: Tony Fox and Murray McLean.

Whangamata and Tairua-Pauanui: Jan Bartley and Jack Wells.

Coromandel: Tony Brljevich.

Thames: Peter French, Diane Connors and Wyn Hoadley.