Official Information Request – EMs' & Officials' duties and Rem

Mayor Tania Tapsell

$165,587

Cr Sandra Kai-Fong

Deputy Mayor, Deputy Chair of Council, and Chair of Community and District Development Committee

$149,107

Cr Karen Barker

Chair, Infrastructure & Environment Committee meeting

$101,108

Cr Gregg Brown

Deputy Co-Chair, Community and District Development Committee meeting

$101,108

Cr Rawiri Waru

Deputy Co-Chair, Community and District Development Committee meeting

$101,108

Cr Fisher Wang

Deputy Chair, Infrastructure & Environment Committee meeting

$101,108

Cr Conan O’Brien

$67,405

Cr Don Patterson

$67,405

Cr Trevor Maxwell

$67,405

Cr Lani Kereopa

$67,405

Cr Robert Lee

$67,405

Phill Thomas

Chair

$18,645

Nick Chater

$9,323

Peter MacMillan

$9,323

Jennifer Rothwell

$9,323

Colin Guyton

Chair

$20,837

Rachel Clark

$10,419

John Atkinson

$10,419

Ben Hollier

$10,419

Position

Responsibilities

Chief Executive

The Local Government Act provides that the Chief Executive is responsible directly to the Council for implementing decisions of the Council; advising members; ensuring all functions, duties and powers are properly performed and exercised, and ensuring the effective, efficient and economic management of the activities of Council. The Chief Executive of the Rotorua District Council is responsible for ensuring the Council's plans, policies and strategies are implemented in the most effective and cost-efficient manner. The role is responsible for the overall management of Council business in accordance with Council policy and objectives.

Position

Responsibilities

GM – Community Experience (vacant)

Active & Engaged Communities, Museum & Heritage, Library (Te Aka Mauri), Community Engagement, Customer Solutions

GM – Organisational Performance & Innovation (vacant)

Governance, Strategy & Compliance; Marketing & Communications; Information Solutions; Capital Delivery

GM – Infrastructure & Assets

Infrastructure & Environment; Infrastructure Long Term Planning; Transport Services; Water Services; Environmental Impacts & Compliance; Land Development Engineering; Facilities/Property Services; Infrastructure Services Performance

GM – Destination Development

Community & Regulatory Services; District Development; Building Services; Housing, Growth & Partnership

Manahautū Te Arawa Partnerships

Te Amorangi Unit

Chief Financial Officer

Finance

Position

Responsibilities

Chief People Officer

To lead and align the people processes and practices, to build a strong culture to deliver the organisation’s strategies and commitments. Lead Health and Safety across the organisation and ensure health and safety practices promote and support the wellbeing of staff. Lead, coordinate and support the development and delivery of all human resource strategies and activities. Provide effective organisation development strategies including a learning and development framework and programmes.

Community Experience

Manager – Active & Engaged Communities

To provide strategic leadership and oversight for the development, management, and enhancement of parks and open spaces, ensuring they meet community needs, support environmental sustainability, and foster social cohesion.

Director – Museum & Heritage

To provide strategic leadership and oversight for the museum, ensuring the effective management of collections, programming, operations, and staff.

Contributes strongly to the Rotorua District as an important visitor destination and as a tourism business.

Director – Te Aka Mauri

To lead and deliver excellent library services and to be an innovative education, information, recreation and cultural resource for the Rotorua community and district.

Extend Te Aka Mauri by developing Council-community hubs that are valued, well-loved and well-utilised and which promote community wellbeing (particularly in under-served communities).

Director – Community Engagement

To lead and facilitate the development of thriving, vibrant, and sustainable communities across Rotorua, fostering social cohesion, community events, active recreation, cultural diversity, and economic resilience.

Manager – Customer Solutions

Responsible for overseeing and improving the council's customer service operations, ensuring residents receive high-quality support and efficient solutions to their inquiries and issues.

Organisational Performance & Innovation

Manager – Governance, Strategy & Compliance

The Governance, Strategy & Compliance Manager is responsible for leading and integrating the Governance & Democracy Team, Strategy & Corporate Planning Team, and Audit & Risk Team to ensure cohesive and effective governance, strategic planning, and risk management across the organisation.

Director – Marketing & Communications

To provide overall leadership to marketing and communications strategy and activity across Council.

The role is responsible for initiating, directing and implementing a comprehensive range of activities that enables Council to deliver on its 2030 vision and objectives for community and stakeholder engagement.

Chief Information Officer

The Chief Information Officer is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and management of information systems and technology solutions that support the organization’s strategic objectives.

This role involves strategic planning, operational management, team leadership, and ensuring that information solutions are effective, efficient, and aligned with business goals.

Manager – Capital Delivery

To ensure that the strategic delivery of all major projects are developed and delivered to align with deliverables of the Council’s priorities.

Managing a centralised programme and project management that coordinates the approval, resourcing, monitoring and reporting of large key projects across the organisation with a whole of enterprise view in mind. Responsibility for projects and programmes remains within buisness units. Ensuring that good practice project management standards are applied across the organisation’ multiple projects and programmes.

Infrastructure & Assets

Director – Infrastructure & Environment

To ensure co-ordination of the integrated delivery of infrastructure and environmental services to achieve targeted strategic and delivery outcomes.

Provide strategic leadership to the Infrastructure group to ensure the provision of smart transportation, waters and waste management solutions for our community which support community wellbeing, an easy and healthy lifestyle, and encourage growth, whilst enhancing a sustainable environment.

To act as a Local Controller in local civil defence responses.

Manager – Growth & Performance Delivery (vacant)

Provide effective and exemplar leadership to a team of talented staff to; Lead the development of high quality, fit for purpose strategies and effective action plans for each core infrastructure network. To ensure that the strategies and action plans are in harmony and fully supportive/enabling the Council’s Long-Term Planning (LTP) cycles.

Manager – Infrastructure Networks Performance

To ensure stable and reliable infrastructure networks and services are delivered that meet the current and future needs of the district.

Manager – Environmental

To champion and lead environmental sustainability considerations in infrastructure programmes and strategies by using expert, innovative, strategic and practical managements skills to identify and help mitigate key risks, resolve complex environmental performance issues, and achieve critical Council environmental outcomes and as they relate to infrastructure services.

Manager – Property

To provide effective and efficient co-ordination of legal and property management resources, services and processes for Council including management of the Council fleet and Civic Centre facility.

Destination Development

Director – Community & Regulatory Services

To transform community safety in public spaces to reflect Rotorua as the safest place to live, work and play in New Zealand, through innovative approaches to partnership with central and local government, iwi, non-governmental agencies (NGOs) and community groups.

Programme Director - District Development

Responsible for advising the DCE as to the composition and performance of programmes being delivered by the Outcome Area to ensure that activities are aligned to the Council’s strategic priorities and that they are delivered effectively to ensure the sustainable growth and development of Rotorua for current and future generations.

Manager – Integrated Planning & Development

To ensure the effective delivery of strategies, policies and land development services.

Manager – Housing, Growth & Partnership

The Housing, Growth & Development Manager is responsible for leading and advancing the organisation’s housing initiatives and development strategies.

Chief Financial Officer

Manager – Finance

To manage the financial, treasury, business performance, revenue and procurement operations of Council:

and

Integration Manager

Provide leadership, direction and management of the Integration of Infracore (CCO) into Rotorua Lakes Council. Responsible for leading the integration of operational processes, systems, and teams across the organization.

Provide strategic recommendations to the CE and members of the Executive Leadership Team outlining the following broad expectations:

Manage the transition in a cost-effective and sustainable way

This role focuses on ensuring that all aspects of the business work harmoniously, optimizing productivity, and delivering continuous improvement.

Salary

$341,401

Superannuation

$10,242

Vehicle

$18,357

Total

$370,000

Salary Range

Tier 2

Tier 3

< $60,000

$60,000 - $79,999

$80,000 - $99,999

$100,000 - $119,999

$120,000 - $139,999

1

$140,000 - $159,999

4

$160,000 - $199,999

8

$200,000 - $279,999

1

7

$280,000 - $419,999

3

Year

Actual expenditure on staff salaries

Total expenditure of Council

Proportion of staff expenditure over total expenditure

$000’s

$000’s

2023/24

34,865

195,820

18%

2022/23

32,119

170,294

19%

2021/22

29,046

163,903

18%

2020/21

29,007

155,216

19%

2019/20

28,682

133,533

21%