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Bruce Halligan new Group Manager
Friday, 8 January 2010Southland District Council's resource management manager Bruce Halligan has been appointed Council's new Group Manager Environment and Community. Mr Halligan will start the new role on 1 February 2010. The role encompasses the regulatory services group manager position, which Lindsay McKenzie has held until his retirement this week, chief executive David Adamson said. Mr Halligan will also be in charge of the libraries and area offices, and rural fire and civil defence.
"I would like to congratulate Bruce on this senior appointment and I look forward to having him on the senior management team," Mr Adamson said.
Mr Halligan said he is looking forward to the new role, which he sees as part regulatory, part customer service and part public safety.
"I want to try to encourage an enabling approach to development in the District without compromising environmental and public safety standards."
The diversity of the role will be a challenge, both in the different functions and also in the physical size of the district as he wants to ensure he spends some time in Council's area offices.
"Our Area Offices are hugely important to our customer service within the district, as Council administers over 11% of the land area of New Zealand and we want to ensure that our services continue to be made available as locally as possible for our customers.
"Obviously, the ongoing effective delivery of civil defence and rural fire services is hugely important to the safety of our residents.
"Southland District's library and bookbus are consistently some of our services which rank highest in our customer satisfaction surveys; and are also important community focal points. Libraries nationally are experiencing a surge in activity and also our library staff have been proactive in managing new technology and increased demand for internet access."
However, Mr Halligan is looking forward to spending time in the district and using his knowledge of it.
"I am not into change for change's sake so I want to build on the existing strengths we have in each of the departments I am in charge of, and then seek to enhance some processes.
"I have worked in planning all my life and so I believe there will be some personal upskilling needed for areas I have not had previous involvement in under my current role, but I am excited about the challenges of a more diverse role. Being a Southlander born and bred, I hope my knowledge of the District will assist in the transition."
