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 Tuesday, 4 March 2014 at 2.00pm.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Penny Hulse

 

 

 

Deputy Chairperson

Calum Penrose

 

 

 

Members

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

from 2.10pm, item 5.1

 

 

 

Cr Cameron Brewer

until 4.56pm, item 10

 

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

 

 

Member Precious Clark

 

 

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

from 2.10pm, item 5.1

 

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

 

 

Cr Denise Krum

until 4.31pm, item 10

 

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

until 4.05pm, item 10

 

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

 

 

Member Glenn Wilcox

 

 

 

 

Cr George Wood, CNZM

 

 

 

Ex-officio

Mayor Len Brown, JP

from 2.24pm, item 9

until 4.39pm, item 10

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Christine Fletcher

 

 

 

Cr John Watson

until 2.50pm, item 10

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

from 5.10pm, item 10

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

David Rankin (Chief Executive, Auckland Council Properties Ltd.- ACPL)

 

Sir John Wells (Board Chair, ACPL)

 

 

Dale Lott (Acting CFO, ACPL)

 

 

Allan Young (Development Manager, ACPL)

 

 

Kingsha Changwai (Reporting and Planning Manager, ACPL)

 

 

David Warburton (Chief Executive, Auckland Transport - AT)

 

 

Dr Lester Levy (Chairman, AT)

 

 

Richard Morris (CFO, AT)

 

 

Julian Michael (Financial Reporting Manager, AT)

 

 

Brian Monk (CFO, Watercare)

 

 

Apology from Mark Ford (CE, Watercare)

 

 

David Clarke (Watercare)

 

 

Peter Drummond (Watercare)

 

 

Brett O’Riley (CEO, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development - ATEED)

 

Norm Thompson (Deputy Chair, ATEED)

 

 

Barbara Imlach (CFO, ATEED)

 

 

Steve Armitage (Head of Corporate Relations, ATEED)

 

 

John Dalzell (Chief Executive, Waterfront Auckland)

 

 

Michele Harpham (Finance Manager, Waterfront Auckland)

 

 

Robert Domm (Chief Executive, Regional Facilities Auckland - RFA)

 

Sir Don McKinnon (Board Chair, RFA)

 

 

Simon Tran (Manager Financial Systems, RFA)

 

 

Gary Swift (CEO, Auckland Council Investments Ltd. - ACIL)

 

 

Simon Allen (Chairman, ACIL)

 

 

Brian Corban (Board member, ACIL)

 

 

Konstantin Babiy (Business Analyst, ACIL)

 

 


Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee

04 March 2014

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number COU/2014/27

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Deputy Chairperson CM Penrose:  

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 5 February 2014, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Lee Elliott - Friends of the Fukuoka Friendship Garden

 

 

 

Cr AJ Anae entered the meeting at 2.10 pm.

Cr RI Clow entered the meeting at 2.10 pm.

 

 

 

Resolution number COU/2014/28

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

 

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

 

a)         thank Mr Lee Elliott for his presentation regarding the substantive issues around the process followed by council which resulted in the Japanese garden’s dismantling.

 

CARRIED

 

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

Fukuoka Friendship Garden

 

 

 

Mayor LCM Brown entered the meeting at 2.24 pm.

 

 

 

Resolution number COU/2014/29

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

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)      note the contents of this report.

 

CARRIED

 




10

Substantive CCO Half year reports / presentations

 

 

 

Powerpoint presentations were given in support of this item.

 

Copies of the powerpoint presentations are attached to the original of these minutes and available on the Auckland Council website.

 

 

 

Member G Wilcox left the meeting at 3.23 pm.

Cr RI Clow left the meeting at 3.27 pm.

Member G Wilcox returned to the meeting at 3.29 pm.

Cr RI Clow returned to the meeting at 3.32 pm.

Cr D Quax left the meeting at 4.05 pm.

Cr DA Krum left the meeting at 4.31 pm.

Cr MP Webster left the meeting at 4.39 pm.

Mayor LCM Brown left the meeting at 4.39 pm.

Cr MP Webster returned to the meeting at 4.48 pm.

Cr CE Brewer left the meeting at 4.56 pm.

Cr LA Cooper left the meeting at 5.02 pm.

Cr GS Wood left the meeting at 5.02 pm.

Cr M Lee entered the meeting at 5.10pm

 

 

 

Resolution number COU/2014/30

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)      receive the half year reports from Auckland Council Properties Ltd. (ACPL), Auckland Transport (AT), Watercare Services Ltd. (Watercare), Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA), Waterfront Auckland, and Auckland Council Investments Ltd (ACIL).

b)      refer the issue of the additional Waikato pipeline to the Infrastructure Committee for further discussion.

c)      thank ACPL, AT, Watercare, ATEED, RFA, Waterfront Auckland and ACIL for their presentations and update reports.

CARRIED

 

 

 

Secretarial note:          Pursuant to standing order 3.15.5, Councillor C Casey requested her vote against receiving ACIL half year report be recorded. 

 

 

 

Attachments

a     ACPL Half Year Update Presentation

b     AT Half Year Update Presentation

c    Watercare Half Year Update Presentation

d    ATEED Half Year Update Presentation

e     Waterfront Half Year Update Presentation

f     RFA Half Year Update Presentation

g    ACIL Half Year Update Presentation

 

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

 

Resolution number COU/2014/31

MOVED by Chairperson PA Hulse, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) 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 the appointment of candidate for the Watercare Services Limited director vacancy. This information needs to be withheld to protect the privacy of the 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       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

 

5.26 pm           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.

 

5.32 pm           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:

b)      agree that resolution (a) be restated in the open section of the minutes once the candidate is notified and following a joint announcement between Auckland Council and Watercare Services Limited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C2

Board Appointments - Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board

 

 

 

That the Council Controlled Organisations Governance and Monitoring Committee:

b)      note the passing of Carolyn Coggan and pass on to her family Council’s condolences and thanks for the significant contribution Carolyn made to her community, recognizing particularly her work as part of the Regional Amenities Funding Board since 2008.

c)      agree that recommendations (a) be restated in the open section of the minutes following notification of all Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board members (Auckland Council and Amenities Board appointees) and a joint media release with the Amenities Board.

  

 

 

5.32 pm                                              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:........................................................