Hastings District Council formally appointed its standing and sub-committee members and chair people yesterday, but no council appointment to the Horse of the Year board was made.
Mayor Lawrence Yule said things were currently in a state of flux with the board, but it had a potential external nominee lined up, a paper on which would come to the next council meeting on November 22.
"There is quite a good person who has shown interest in being an external appointee," he said, but declined to say who the person was.
Councillors Adrienne Pierce and Malcolm Dixon were appointed to the Hastings City Business Association and deputy mayor Sandra Hazlehurst was joined by George Lyons on the Te Mata Trust appointments committee.
At yesterday's meeting, councillor Pierce queried actions being taken around avoiding conflicts of interest with such appointments.