In order to manage specific parts of our operations, we appoint Special Committees of Council.
Appointments to council committees expire at the first council meeting after every ordinary council election (except for appointments made by the council under any other Act). At that meeting, the council elects its representatives to fill the expired terms.
For more information on a committee’s annual general meeting, email us at Clarence@ccc.tas.gov.au
At its meeting on 24 April 2023, council established five new special committees, disbanded some committees, and re-established others to form working groups. Each of the new committees has responsibility for aligning functions and objectives to the key priorities outlined in the relevant strategy.
Special committees are appointed under the provisions of Section 24 of the Local Government Act 1993.
Our committees
Special committees
Active Living Advisory Committee
- Strategy alignment – Active Living Strategy
Community Wellbeing Advisory Committee
- Strategy alignment – Community Wellbeing Strategy
Cultural Creative Advisory Committee
- Strategy alignment – Cultural Creative Strategy
City Development Advisory Committee
- Strategy alignment – City Future Strategy, Community Infrastructure Strategy and Digital Strategy
Sustainability Advisory Committee
- Strategy alignment – Sustainability Strategy
Council established standing working groups
Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Working Group
The working group oversees the development and implementation of the RAP and the quality of governance between council and its partnership with Reconciliation Tasmania and members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and stakeholders within Clarence, particularly the Tasmanian Aboriginal People, and Non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within Clarence.
See the Reconciliation Action Plan webpage for more.
Bicycle Advisory Working Group
This working group provides advice and recommendations to council, through the City Development Advisory Committee, on bicycle-related issues and strategies that aim to improve bicycle use and management within the city.
Disability Access and Inclusion Working Group
This working group gives advice and recommendations to council, through the City Development Advisory Committee, on issues regarding access to council services, functions and facilities for people with disabilities and their associates.
LGBTQIA+ Working Group
This working group investigates and reports on the experiences and issues experienced by lesbian, gay, bi+, trans, gender diverse, non-binary, intersex, queer, asexual and aromantic (LGBTQIA+) people and their families in regard to genuine inclusion in our communities.
Clarence Positive Ageing Working Group (CPAWG)
The aim of the working group is to support the implementation of council’s Age Friendly Clarence Plan 2018-2022, providing advice and input to enhance council’s services and programs for older adults. The working group consists of residents in Clarence. The group meets several times throughout the year.
Tracks and Trails Working Group
This working group provides advice and recommendations to council, through the Active Living Advisory Committee, on the development, maintenance and promotion of tracks and trails throughout the city, and facilitate and provide guidance for the implementation of our Tracks and Trails Strategy.
Youth Working Group
This group gives young people the chance to have a say on local issues, develop team building and communications skills, and learn the workings of local government.
Management of facilities
Council’s facilities are either managed directly by council or managed/supported by a volunteer committee. Management/advisory committees of facilities operate under constitutions.
The Lindisfarne Community Activities Centre, the Risdon Vale Community Centre and the Howrah Community Centre are managed and operated directly by council.
Geilston Bay Community Centre Management Committee
The committee is made up of five community members and one councillor.
South Arm Calverton Hall Management Committee
The South Arm Calverton Hall Management Committee is an incorporated body which holds a formal lease of the premises from council. It is made up of a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, five general members and one councillor appointed by council.
Council (specific purpose) special committees
Audit Panel
The Audit Panel operates under a charter and terms of reference adopted by council. The Local Government Act 1993 makes it mandatory for all Tasmanian councils to establish and maintain an audit panel.
The main goal of the Audit Panel is to help council in financial reporting, management of risk, maintaining a reliable system of internal controls and facilitating the organisation’s ethical development.
The panel is made up of two councillors appointed by council and three suitably qualified external independent persons.
Petitions to Amend Hearings Committee
The purpose of this committee is to conduct hearings of the parties involved in petitions to amend sealed plans in accordance with the requirement of the Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 and to make determinations in respect of those matters on behalf of council.
This committee is made up of three councillors.
Richmond Advisory Committee
This committee was established as part of the transitional arrangements in 1993 for the inclusion of the south ward of the former Richmond municipality into the City of Clarence.
The committee is made up of an appointee from each of the community clubs and organisations, two community members, an elected councillor appointed to the committee by council.