Neil Summerville – Kyogle meet your candidates

By Samantha Elley

The Northern Rivers Times has asked all of the candidates for the September 14 local government elections to introduce themselves to voters identify the issues they want to address and policies they would pursue if elected.

Neil Summerville (B Ward)

My Family has owned properties in the Babyl creek area since 1972.

My wife Merle and myself bought a property at Sextonville in 1989 where we still live and raised our three boys .

My main motivation for running for council is maintenance costs of vehicles on rural roads.
I have more than 20 years of board room experience behind me, including the board of Northern Co-op meat company as deputy chair, where I was responsible for 1200 staff and turnover in excess of $300 million.

I was NSW Livestock Health and Pest Authority chairman for eight years, chairman of North East pest animal advisory committee for many years to name a few.

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