Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Level 2, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 9.35am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Penny Hulse

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 

 

Members

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

 

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

 

 

Member Precious Clark

 

 

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

 

 

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

 

 

Cr Denise Krum

 

 

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

 

 

Member Glenn Wilcox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Cr George Wood

Absence

 

 

Cr Cameron Brewer

Absence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee

05 February 2014

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number COU/2014/21

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr LA Cooper:  

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr GS Wood and Cr Brewer for non-attendance.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

Member Precious Clark declared a conflict of interest with regards to item C3 - Board Appointments - Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number COU/2014/22

MOVED by Cr RI Clow, seconded by Member G Wilcox:  

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 3 December 2013, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

 

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.   

 

9          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 


 

 

10        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number COU/2014/23

MOVED by Cr RI Clow, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)      agree that Christien Winter from Sheffield be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1 Council Controlled Organisations Board Appointments - Watercare Services Limited (WSL) after the public has been excluded, because of her knowledge of the matter, which will help the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee in its decision-making.

b)      exclude the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

 

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public is excluded, the reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter, and the specific grounds under section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 for the passing of this resolution follows.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or section 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public, as follows:

 

C1       Council Controlled Organisations Board Appointments - Watercare Services Limited (WSL)

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(a) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person.

In particular, the report contains information and discusses shortlist candidates for the Watercare Services Limited director vacancy.  This information needs to be withheld to protect the privacy of those individuals.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C2       Council Controlled Organisations Board Appointments - Board Observer

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(a) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person.

In particular, the report contains information regarding candidates interviewed for the Board Observer vacancies.  This information needs to be withheld to protect the privacy of those individuals.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

C3       Board Appointments - Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)

Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

s7(2)(a) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person.

In particular, the report contains information regarding the appointments to the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board.  This information needs to be withheld to protect the privacy of those individuals.

s48(1)(a)

The public conduct of the part of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exists under section 7.

 

 

The text of these resolutions is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 

9.40am            The public was excluded.

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

10.20am          The public was re-admitted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Council Controlled Organisations Board Appointments - Watercare Services Limited (WSL)

 

 

 

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

c)      agree that recommendation a)-b) remain in confidential.

 

 

C2

Council Controlled Organisations Board Appointments - Board Observer

 

 

 

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

b)      agree that the recommendation be restated in public following notification of all candidates and a media release.

 

 

C3

Board Appointments - Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board

 

 

 

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

d)      agree that recommendations a)-c) be restated in public at the completion of the joint appointment process and following a joint media release with the Amenities Board. 

 

  

 

 

10.20am                                             The Chairperson thanked Members for their attendance and attention to business and declared the meeting closed.

 

CONFIRMED AS A TRUE AND CORRECT RECORD AT A MEETING OF THE Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................