''I see what [previous board chairman Barry] Becker means about this chair,'' Mr Harris said as he briefly struggled to get the squeaky, ornate red leather and wood chairman's chair into position.
There were two new faces on the board - Rob Hazlett and Sue Evans.
Deputy chairman Stu Duncan has returned to the board, having served from 2004 to 2010, and is the region's representative on the Central Otago District Council.
Mr Harris has served two terms and Mrs Umbers has served four.
Mayor Tony Lepper said the ''jigsaw of Central Otago community boards is complete now''.
Other than choosing the chairman and deputy chairmen, the board's first decision of the term was to stop and dispose of a portion of road next to Derg St, in Naseby, to address a boundary anomaly.
The board's decision will now be considered by the council before being referred to the Minister of Land Information.
The members' final business for their first meeting was to resign their members' declarations - a typo had them being sworn in in Roxburgh, instead of Ranfurly.
