Being the Malvern Community Board Chair and my past experience has given me the skills to be a community focused Councillor. I chair the Malvern Health Trust which is responsible for District Nursing. I’m the Community Board representative on Springfield and Kirwee Township committees, Tawera Hall, Hororata Reserve, Westview, McHugh’s plantation, Darfield Medical Centre chair, and Selwyn Water Race committee.

A fifth generation Malvern resident I returned 20 years ago to farm after a career as Farm Consultant and Ministry of Agriculture Senior Manager. Further experience was as a member of the Waitaki Catchment Commission and Telford Farm Training Institute Board. I am a past Chairman of Darfield Federated Farmers. My wife Ruth and I have two children, James and Mary and twin grandchildren.

 Malvern is my community and I care about it. Being approachable and effective I offer the benefit of my experience to our community.

Top 5 Issues

1. REPRESENTATION
   Councillors must represent their community. In 2009 the Community Board held a workshop of all interested Malvern people to formulate a local response to the proposed Aquatic Policy. This was to support our local pools and to gain assistance for our school pools. A District Pool & rating system was not supported. Same submission in 2010. Our Councillors should have voted against the Rolleston District Pool.
   My personal submission to Council was similar
   to others who submitted from Malvern
   o I do not support a DISTRICT pool.
   o I support the continuation of the 50% of operating costs from the general rate and the balance from targeted rates and user charges for local pools.
   o I support funding for school pools collected from both targeted and general rates.
   o I encourage Rolleston residents to build their own pool as a community effort as other communities have done.
   
2. RESPONDING TO THE COMMUNITY
   Council needs to improve its flow of information both from and to its community. Requests from Community Committees for Council are often ignored or receive a late response. The communication between Community Boards and Council has to improve so that Council can capitilise on community knowledge that Boards hold.
3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING
   Community input into their own development is essential so as to retain their individual uniqueness and character.
   Local communities need to control their infrastuctures where targeted rates are funding their operations. Greater assistance from Council is required for this.
   With the wider district planning this year good community understanding is required.
4. FUNDING OF DISTRICT FACILITIES
   Council needs to address its policy in this area so that the debacle that occurred over the Rolleston Pool can be avoided. To date local facilities have been funded on a local basis with a combination of local fund raising and targeted rates. A district pool was never agreed to over the whole of Selwyn.
5. ROADING
   Having the experience of living on a gravel road I can verify that many of our roads are of a very poor standard. Council needs to get its priorities sorted

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