Selwyn District Council

Act on the community's wishes, stop the huge waste on vanity projects and focus on core infrastructure.

Stop ignoring submissions on consultations and regain control from staff to represent the community's wishes.

Stop the public excluded meetings and bring back the community's voice as for too long decisions have been made behind closed doors.

Create additional community boards across the wards to replace the disbanded stakeholder organisations and build back trust.

Improve communication with residents during works that affect access and services and regularly update those affected, including Whitecliffs water.

Involve the public earlier in decision-making processes, including green waste collection.

Establish communication processes including regular visits to communities at community halls or drop-in sessions at cafés to get feedback.

Establish communication processes to connect regularly with communities to ensure the council represents what communities need and want.

Encourage council to investigate all possible alternative funding streams, eg recycle plastic into posts in Selwyn.

Ensure that all council controlled companies are run efficiently and produce as much revenue as possible.

Support more effective elected representation using community boards and local resident groups.

Ensure the public can voice their opinion all the time by providing a platform to register communication from residents.

Review all internal operations, including council wages and budgets, to ensure no stone is left unturned to save money and eliminate waste.

Ensure consultation processes are consistent, transparent and genuinely influence council decisions.

Support reinstating community boards or similar structures to strengthen local representation and accountability if communities desire.