LOCAL GOVERNMENT: BYLAWS: REPRESENTING LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Join our experts as they have a conversation using their experience to go through the various stages of bylaws and sharing their knowledge with you around how to approach them, and then how to make sure that what is being created is what is needed.
Bylaws are an important aspect of local government authority, and this webinar will cover:
- What are the processes involved when creating a bylaw
- Reasons why creating a bylaw is beneficial
- Enforcing a bylaw
- How to monitor the effectiveness of a bylaw
- Working together with neighbouring local governments
About the Experts
Wayne Murphy is a senior consultant at Allen + Clarke, with extensive experience in the local government sector. His work has includes leading reviews of numerous council service functions, bylaw reviews, preparing long term council plans, and monitoring council subsidiaries. He has experience undertaking financial analysis to support policy development, as well as experience developing governance material and reviewing governance arrangements.
Jacqui Haggland is Allen + Clarke’s Practice Lead for our Policy and Regulatory Practice, and has extensive experience as a policy and regulation practitioner and project manager. Jacqui’s experience includes policy drafting and analysis, regulatory impact analysis, research, framework development, and programme support.
Stuart Beresford is a Senior Consultant with two decades of policy analyst experience within the public sector including six years at the United Nations. Stuart has a strong understanding of policy and regulatory processes and has led a range of policy projects relating to civil court fees, energy efficiency, human rights, Māori land law, and privacy regulation.
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