Committee members needed

Kiama Council has extended the application deadline for residents to join the Infrastructure and Liveability Advisory Committee or the Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee, saying it is a great opportunity to help shape the place in which we live.

The deadline to apply is now midnight, Sunday 18 June.

have a sense of priority.”

He says we need “strategic thinkers; masterminds who can see the big picture.”

“We need a committee system that not only drives our community’s shared vision for the future but is representative of our community as well.”

• Manage land use planning to retain distinct towns and villages.

And some of the considerations by the Sustainable Communities Advisory Committee, include: you’re on your own. There are no hospitals within 400 or so kilometres and the flying doctor service is understaffed, so you’re really relying on your wit,” she says.

“It’s about knowing oneself, and to truly know yourself you have to understand the context in which you exist; and there’s city Australia and remote Australia.”

Sonia, who is passionate about improving health equity for people who live in regional and remote parts of the country, now spends part of every year working as a GP in remote Australia. She heads off again next month.

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by Cassandra Zaucer

The Committees are a forum in which local people can represent the interests of Kiama’s residential and business community, contribute advice directly to the relevant Executive and Council members and guide decision-making for the municipality.

Mayor Neil Reilly says that Kiama needs “people with boundless enthusiasm, capable of injecting our committees with a surge of energy, contagious excitement ... people who can manage a wide range of disciplines, have an open mind… (and)

Each Committee has six members, three being community representatives. The role is to provide expert advice and make recommendations to the Council on developing specific strategies.

Each Committee has significant agendas; some of the considerations for the Infrastructure and Liveability Advisory Committee include:

• Developing a regional response to supply affordable housing

• Facilitate development that is respectful of the local characteristics of the municipality

• Interconnected roads, pathways and cycleways

• Provide facilities that enable us all to participate in social, cultural, recreational and sports activities

• Engage with local and regional First Nations Peoples; seek knowledge with the intent to learn, share and protect

• Heritage advice on development applications, council projects and requests for information

• Land use planning assessment considering biodiversity and Municipal Vegetation Study Committee meetings are held bi-monthly in Council Chambers. As the Committees are new, there will be an initial learning curve for all the members.

By Tracey Henderson