The council holds a third share in HOYHB, along with Equestrian Sport New Zealand (ESNZ) and Show Jumping Hawke's Bay (SJHB).
Although each entity had until now only appointed one director each to the board, they were entitled to have two each, and in June this year ESNZ advised it would like to appoint an additional director and SJHB followed suit.
At this week's full meeting, the Hastings District Council agreed that it too would take up the opportunity to increase its representation on the board and set up a panel to consider who would be appointed.
Given the $170,000 investment the council made last year on top of the $30,000 each shareholder contributed at the company's inception, the council's chief financial officer Bruce Allan said it was important that the council was fairly represented.
In discussing who would be on the appointment panel, councillor Tania Kerr suggested it would be a good idea to have an independent member of the panel along with herself and Mr Allen.
"I would like the third person to be someone who has experience with boards and who can help us identify any skill gaps in the existing board," Ms Kerr said.
The council agreed to direct council chief executive Ross McLeod to come back with suggestions of some contenders to fill the position.
In the meantime the independent director position on the board was vacant following the resignation of Michael Whittaker on July 21 this year.
The SJHB directors were William Moffett and Dirk Waldon, Vicki Glynn and Donald Robertson represented ESNZ and CHB district councillor Tim Aitken was the Hastings council appointment.
All directors on the board were unpaid, except for the chairperson.