Tauranga City's Mayor, deputy mayor and new council is being sworn in today at a special meeting.

Mayor Stuart Crosby will again take the reins, while Kelvin Clout will be sworn in as Deputy Mayor in council chambers beginning at 1pm.

Tauranga City's new council.

Incumbent councillors Rick Curach, Bill Grainger and Catherine Stewart will join first term councillors Steve Morris, Gail McIntosh, Bev Edlin, John Robson, Clayton Mitchell and Matt Cowley in the official ceremony.

It is the first official act of the new council after the local body elections on October 12. It is followed by the first ordinary meeting on November 19.

Other business today includes setting the committee structure, appointing the chairs and deputy chairs of the committees, agreeing to the councillors' code of conduct, setting delegations and external appointments.

The meeting agenda also includes a power point presentation showing councillors legal obligations and responsibilities, and will finish with afternoon tea for councillors and families.

The committee structure includes two new committees; Community Development to be chaired by Steve Morris, with Gail McIntosh as deputy – and Finance and Risk chaired by John Robson, with Gail McIntosh as deputy.

The former Strategy and Policy Committee is now to be known as City Vision, with Bev Edlin as chair and Matt Cowley deputy.

Projects and Monitoring will now be known as City Delivery and Monitoring, chaired by Kelvin Clout with Clayton Mitchell as deputy.

Two of the surviving councillors from the old council have been given roles on the Wastewater Management Review Committee. Rick Curach is chairman, and Catherine Stewart is deputy.

The other survivor Bill Grainger is reappointed as council representative on the Racecourse Reserve Operation and Management Committee.

Mount ward councillor Clayton Mitchell is chairman of the Mauao Steering Group. His deputy is a yet to be announced Tangata Whenua representative.

Hearings Panel

Chair: Matt Cowley

Deputy: Steve Morris

Waiari Kaitiaki Advisory Group

Chair: Matt Cowley

Tangata Whenua / Tauranga City Council Committee

Chair: Independent

Deputy: Mayor Stuart Crosby

Mauao Steering Group Council reps: Clayton Mitchell, John Robson, Steve Morris, Kelvin Clout and Tangata Whenua Representative. Chairman to be appointed at a later stage.

District Licencing Committee

Chair: Alan Bickers.

Deputy; To be appointed

Chief Executive's Performance Sub Committee

Chair: Mayor

Deputy: Deputy Mayor

Airport Advisory Board

Three independent members; report to the City Delivery & Monitoring Committee

Joint Governance TCC / WBOPDC Committee

Chair: Mayor Stuart Crosby

Deputy: Mayor Ross Patterson

SmartGrowth Implementation Committee

Chair: Independent

Bay of Plenty Civil Defence Emergency Management Group

Council representative: Mayor Stuart Crosby

Alternative: Steve Morris

Joint Road Safety Committee

Council representative: Bill Grainger

Historic Village Advisory Group

Chair: Catherine Stewart

Public Transport Sub Committee (BOPRC)

Council representative: Rich Curach

Regional Land Transport Committee (BOPRC)

Council representative: Mayor Stuart Crosby

Alternative: Rick Curach