What do community boards do?

This article provides some information for voters in the upcoming local body elections about what Environment Canterbury does.
It is part of a series of four posts (linked below) that introduce the duties of the councils that we are voting for in this year's local body elections. 

What does the city council do?
What does Environment Canterbury do? and
What do District Health boards do? 



Community Boards are a part of Christchurch City Council 

In Christchurch, we have seven Community Boards, representing 16 Christchurch wards.  Each ward has two community board representatives and their City Councillor on their community board

They work with your community to help meet local needs, goals and aspirations and to communicate these to the Council.

Each Community Board has a three-year plan outlining its priorities and guiding its decisions.

The Community Boards' main roles are to:

• Represent and act as an advocate for the interests of its community 
• Consider and report on all matters referred to it by the Council, or any matter of interest to the board
• Maintain an overview of services provided by the Council within the community
• Prepare an annual submission to the Council for expenditure within the community
• Communicate with community organisations and special interest groups within the community