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| History knocked on its heels in Tasman Council |
THE recent local government elections saw a major change in the management of the Tasman Council with two highly-regarded women elected the positions of Mayor and Deputy Mayor.  Left, the new Tasman Council management team, Deputy Mayor Roseanne Heyward and Mayor Jan Barwick. New Mayor Jan Barwick, who is the first female mayor in the council’s 100-year history, and Deputy Mayor Roseanne Heyward easily defeated the incumbents and are now about to face the challenges of local government administration in the municipality. Both women have strong links with local government through family history. Jan’s mother Rhona Skeggs was a councillor for 12 years as well as the former treasurer. Roseanne’s grandfather Eric Heyward was placed as the first council clerk for the Tasman Council in 1908 through until 1936. Her father Bruce Heyward also served as a councillor from 1984 for two terms. Jan and Roseanne successfully nominated for council two years ago, believing that they had much to offer the small south-east municipality and in that time both have fought against the huge rate increases that resulted in the area when property revaluations were undertaken out in 2006. “I was employed by the Tasman Council for over 22 years, resigning in May 2003 as second in charge and acting general manager as required, so local government was very much in my blood,” Jan said “I have been extremely unhappy with the direction council has been going for several years,” Jan said. “Although personally the time wasn’t really right for me, and I would have preferred a few more years as a councillor, I couldn’t see any other options so I finally decided that I would stand for mayor.” Jan and Roseanne said they were both looking forward to continuing their work with the community and said they had decided to nominate for the top jobs as a natural progression from their current positions and feel it will give them the opportunity to serve the Tasman region in a greater capacity.
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