History with Council
WARD 2
and other Community Services

Elected
21st September, 1974

President
September, 1977 - 1978

Mayor
Provisional Council - 16th July, 1979, 1980-1983

Mayor
Shoalhaven City Council (Proclaimed 1st August, 1979)

Mayor
First Mayor of the City of Shoalhaven, elected by popular vote 20th September, 1980

Re Elected
Alderman, 26th September, 1987

Re Elected
Alderman, 14th September, 1991

Re Elected
Councillor, 15th September, 1995

Deputy Mayor
September 1988 - 1989, 1991 - 1992, 1996 - 1997

Mayor
11th September, 1999
Committees
Council Committee (Current)
Term

Aboriginal Advisory Committee
1998 - Present

Art Gallery / Cultural Centre Working Party
2002 - Present

Burrill Lake Estuary Task Force (Group B)
2002 - Present

Bushfire Policy Working Party
2002 - Present

Captain Street Working Party
2001 - Present

Currarong Creek Estuary Management Task Force (Group B)  2002 - Present

Development Committee
1999 - Present

Executive Committee
1999 - Present

Graham Lodge Precinct Reference Group
1999 - Present

Industrial Development and Employment Committee
1997 - Present

Lake Conjola Management Task Force (Group A)
2002 - Present

Lake Narrawalle Management Task Force (Group B)
2002 - Present

Lake Tabourie Estuary Management Task Force (Group A)
2002 - Present

Lake Wollumboola Estuary Management Task Force (Group A)
2002 - Present

Nowra/Bomaderry Strategic Projects Reference Group
2000 - Present

Policy and Planning Committee
1991 - Present

Senior Staff Contractual Matters
1999 - Present

Shoalhaven City Mayor's Relief Fund Committee
2002 - Present

Shoalhaven Floodplain Management Committee
1998 - Present

Shoalhaven Public Transport Working Party
2001 - Present
Shoalhaven River Estuary Management Task Force  2000 - Present

Shoalhaven Water Operations Strategic Review Committee   1999 - Present

St Georges Basin Estuary Management Task Force (Group A)   2002 - Present

Swan Lake/Berrara Estuary Management Task Force (Group B)  2002 - Present

Tourism Development Committee  2000 - Present

Ulladulla Harbour Estuary Management Task Force (Group A)   2001 - Present

Works and Finance Committee  1999 - Present

Council Committee (Previous)  Term

ANEF Noise Zone Task Force  1995 - 1996

Bay and Basin Area Sporting Facilities Task Force   1995 - 1997
Bay & Basin Leisure Centre Construction Advisory Group
1999- 2001

Bomaderry Advisory Committee
1995 - 1999

Building Ordinance Advisory Committee
1975, 1979

Central Estuaries Task Force
1999  - 2000

Coastal & River Estuary Management Advisory Committee
1994 - 1999

Comberton Grange Task Force
1990 - 1993, 1995, 1996 - 1997

Community and Cultural Centre Project Control (Ex-Officio)
1981, 1984, 1987

Confidential Administration Building Project Committee
1979

Cultural Centre(s) Development Committee
1995 - 1997

Currambene Creek Project Guidance Team
1997 - 1999

Cycleway Advisory Committee
1996 - 1997

Development Committee
2000 - 2001

EIS Technical Advisory Group
1995 - 1996

Electricity
1974

Engineering Department Review Sub-Committee C.P. & R.
1979 - 1980
Finance Committee
1991 - 1997 - 1999

Finance (Ex-officio - 1979)
1974, 1979

Finance and Welfare
1980 - 1991

Flood Plain Management Committee
1986 -1991 1992 - 1996 - 1997 - 1999

Forward Planning Committee
1987

Gas Conference Organising Committee
1975 - 1976

Gas Department Sub-Committee
1976

Greenwell Point Advisory Committee
1995 - 1997

Health and Building Services Review Sub-Committee
1976

Holiday Haven Caravan Park Management Committee
1983 - 1987

Huskisson Advisory Committee
1992 - 1997

Hyams Beach Tennis Court Advisory Committee
1997 - 1999

Industry Works Consultative Committee
1998 - 1999

Kangaroo Valley Advisory Committee
1997 - 1999

Lakes, Estuaries & Coastal Management Committee
1999 - 2000

Lakes Management Committee
1991 - 1996

Lawn Cemetery Planning Committee
1978 - 1982

Motor Vehicle and Plant Sub-Committee
1976

Northern Regional Effluent Management Scheme - Monitoring Liaison Group
1998 - 1999

Nowra Car Park Advisory Committee
1975 - 1979


Nowra CBD Advisory Committee
1997 - 1999

Nowra CBD Working Party
1996 - 1997

Nowra Rifle Range Advisory Committee
1997 - 1999

Nowra Task Force Development Committee
1983

Planning and Development Committee
1977

Policy and Forward Planning
1987 - 1990

Policy and Planning Committee
1999 - 2000

Policy & Resources
1986 - 1987

Racing Complex Planning Committee
1974 - 1976

Review of Estimates Task Force
1984 - 1985

Review of the Local Govt Act Monitoring Committee
1990 - 1992

Section 94 Task Force
1990 - 1993

Shire Library Review Sub-Committee
1976

Shire Planning Review Sub-Committee
1976

Shoalhaven Arts Board
1999 - 2000

Shoalhaven Car Parking Advisory Committee
1980 - 1981

Shoalhaven Heritage Study Steering Committee
1995 - 1997 - 1999

Shoalhaven River Coordinating Committee
1985 - 1987

Shoalhaven River Coordinating Committee - Pilot Committee
1978 - 1979, 1984,
Shoalhaven River Flood Study Advisory Committee (IA)
1981

Shoalhaven Shooting Complex Advisory Committee
1999 - 2001

Shoalhaven 2000 Coordinating Committee
1999 - 2000

Shoalhaven Walking Trail Sub Committee
1998 - 1999

Shoalhaven Water Oversight Committee
1996 - 1999

Signage Strategy Advisory Committee
1996 - 1999

South Nowra Task Force
1995 - 1996

St Georges Basin & Jervis Bay Regional Sewerage Scheme EIS Liaison Group
1990 - 1994

Staff Advisory Committee (IA)


Staff and Confidential
1974, 1981, 1983-1985

Subdivisions Standards Advisory Committee
1975 - 1976, 1979 - 1983

Technical Services Review Committee
1991 - 1992

Town Planning
1974

Traffic Committee (interested Aldermen)
1980 - 1981, 1987

Vincentia and Environs LEP Liaison Committee
1988 - 1991

Vincentia Golf Club Drainage Issues Steering Committee
1998 - 1999

Vincentia Shopping Centre Advisory Committee
1998 - 1999

Waste Management Practices Review Committee
1988 - 1991

Works (Ex-officio - 1979)
1978 - 1979

Works & Finance Committee
2000 - 2001

Yalwal Management Committee
1999 - 2000




Outside Organisations (Current)
Term




Illawarra Area Assistance Scheme - Regional Ranking Committee
1999 - 2000

Illawarra Area Assistance Scheme - Shoalhaven Local Ranking Committee
2000 - 2001

Illawarra Region of Councils (IROC) - alternate delegate
2000  -2001

Jervis Bay Marine Park Advisory Committee
1999 - 2000

Mayor's Relief Fund Committee
1999 - 2000




Outside Organisations (Previous)
Term




Alt. Delegate Main Committee
1978

Flood Mitigation Executive
1977, 1979

Illawarra Region of Councils (Alternate Delegate)
1991 - 1992

Jervis Bay Region - Environment and Planning Committee
1991 - 1992

Kiama Shoalhaven Regional Tourist Association
1974 - 1976, 1979

Mayor's Relief Fund Committee
1975 - 1976, 1979 - 1981, 1988 - 1993, 1995

Music Festival Inv. Committee
1975 - 1976, 1979

OLMA (Office of Labour Market Adjustment)
1998 - 1999

Shoalhaven and Crookhaven River Protection Committee
1974 - 1976, 1979

Shoalhaven Emergency Procedure Committee (IA)
1980 - 1981

Shoalhaven River Dredging Advisory Committee
1975 -1976, 1978 - 1979

Shoalhaven Shire Flood Relief Appeal Committee
1974, 1979

South Coast Agricultural Research and Extensions
1974 - 1976, 1979

Southern Tablelands and South Coast Region Noxious Plants
1975 - 1976, 1979

State Planning and Environment Sub-Committee
1975, 1979

Vincentia High School Hall Management Committee
1998 - 1999

 
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             Clr Greg Watson
Emeritus
             Mayor