A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
Opinion
I write regarding councillor attendance records.
Is there a problem on council with attendance and are the percentages mentioned in the paper acceptable? Surely not a scandal? At what stage does non-attendance become an issue that requires remedies?
Health and safety matters must surely be bona fide reasons to be
absent. Terrible roads don’t help. Remuneration is “a barrier”, I read, yet locally we have strong interest in standing for council.
I believe we have good-calibre councillors. What needs to be done to help our councillors meet their obligations? Does the Mayor have answers?
In these uncertain times we need representatives who can measure up to the standards set by local council icons Pat Seymour and Bill Burdett of years past.
