Governing Body

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Governing Body held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Thursday, 14 August 2014 at 3.00pm.

 

present

 

Mayor

Len Brown, JP

 

Deputy Mayor

Penny Hulse

 

Councillors

Cr Anae Arthur Anae

 

 

Cr Cameron Brewer

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

Cr Denise Krum

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

 

 

Cr Calum Penrose

 

 

Cr Dick Quax

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 3.12pm, Item 11

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Cr Penny Webster

 

 

Cr George Wood, CNZM

 

 

APOLOGIES

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

For absence

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

For absence

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper

For absence

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart

For absence

 

 

 

 


Governing Body

14 August 2014

 

 

 

1          Affirmation

 

            There was no affirmation.

 

2          Apologies

 

Resolution number GB/2014/77

MOVED by Mayor LCM Brown, seconded by Cr CE Brewer:  

That the Governing Body:

a)         accept the apologies from Crs AM Filipaina, RI Clow, LA Cooper and SL Stewart for absence.

 

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GB/2014/78

MOVED by Mayor LCM Brown, seconded by Cr CE Fletcher:  

That the Governing Body:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 31 July 2014, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

 

CARRIED

 

 

5          Acknowledgements and Achievements

 

There were no acknowledgements.

 

6          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

7          Public Input

 

 

7.1

Public Input - Mate Marinovich – setting of rates

 

The Mayor provided Mr Marinovich with the opportunity to speak at Item 11 - Resetting the rates for 2014/2015 under section 119 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002.

 

 

8          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

9          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

10        Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

11

Resetting the rates for 2014/2015 under section 119 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

 

Cr WD Walker entered the meeting at 3.12 pm.

 

 

Mr Marinovich (Item 7.1 – Public Input) was invited to speak to the meeting regarding this item after staff provided input.

 

 

Clause c) i) was put separately, by division, after the other clauses.

 

 

Resolution number GB/2014/79

MOVED by Mayor LCM Brown, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Governing Body:

a)      determine, in accordance with section 119 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, that it is desirable to set the 2014/2015 rates again because of an irregularity in setting the rates on 26 June 2014.

b)      accordingly revoke subclauses a(i) to (xiii) of Resolution Number GB/2014/57, setting of the rates for the 2014/2015 financial year, carried at the meeting of the Governing Body held on 26 June 2014.

c)      resolve to set the following rates under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 for the 2014/2015 financial year (starting 1 July 2014), in place of the rates in the revoked subclauses:

ii)       that a general rate be set for all rateable land based on the capital value of the land and at different rates in the dollar for different categories of land as set out in the table below:

Category

Rate in the dollar of capital value ($) (including GST)

Urban business

0.00784620

Franklin urban business

0.00720042

Rural business

0.00707127

Franklin rural business

0.00649007

Urban residential

0.00322889

Rural residential

0.00290600

Farm/lifestyle

0.00258311

Sea-only access

0.00080722

Uninhabitable islands

0.00000000

 

iii)      that a Waste Management targeted rate be set differentially for different categories of land at different fixed amounts as set out in the table below:

Category

Basis for charging

Amount of rate ($) (including GST)

Full waste service for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

242.40

Waste service where opt out of refuse service applies for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

80.02

Waste service where opt out of recycling service applies for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

183.21

Waste service where opt out of both the refuse and recycling services apply for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

20.83

Waste service where an additional recycling service applies for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

59.19

Waste service for recycling collection for land in the district of the former Franklin District Council where the service is available

Per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP)

70.96

Waste service for refuse collection for land in the district of the former Franklin District Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

58.62

Waste management for land in the district of the former Manukau City Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

220.68

Waste management for land in the district of the former North Shore City Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

64.05

Waste management for land in the district of the former Papakura District Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

111.19

Waste management for land in the district of the former Rodney District Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

86.93

Waste management for land in the district of the former Waitakere City Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

23.36

[Note - details of the waste service available in the various parts of Auckland can be found in the council’s waste management and minimisation plan.]

 

iv)      that a City Centre targeted rate be set for all rateable land in the urban business differential category, as defined for the purposes of the general rate, in the central area, of an amount of $0.00212431 (including GST) per dollar of the capital value of the rating unit

 

v)      that Business Improvement District targeted rates be set for all rateable land in the business differential categories, as defined for the purposes of the general rate, within the defined Business Improvement District area, as set out in the table below:

BID area

Fixed amount per rating unit ($) (including GST)

Rate in the dollar of capital value ($) (including GST)

Avondale

0.00

0.00163747

Birkenhead

0.00

0.00133723

Blockhouse Bay

0.00

0.00202738

Browns Bay

0.00

0.00080471

Devonport

0.00

0.00106777

Dominion Road

0.00

0.00119963

Ellerslie

0.00

0.00286223

Glen Eden

0.00

0.00136569

Glen Innes

0.00

0.00206629

Greater East Tamaki

195.00

0.00005290

Heart of the City

0.00

0.00068618

Howick

0.00

0.00129886

Hunters Corner

0.00

0.00107430

Karangahape Road

0.00

0.00068245

Kingsland

0.00

0.00070217

Mahunga Drive

0.00

0.00067128

Mairangi Bay

250.00

0.00143581

Mangere Bridge

0.00

0.00259600

Mangere East Village

0.00

0.00085577

Mangere Town

0.00

0.00582687

Manukau Central

0.00

0.00053207

Manurewa

0.00

0.00126504

Milford

0.00

0.00096372

Mt Eden Village

0.00

0.00102965

New Lynn

0.00

0.00070643

Newmarket

0.00

0.00100883

North Harbour

150.00

0.00010814

North West District

0.00

0.00075477

Northcote

0.00

0.00394901

Old Papatoetoe

0.00

0.00165867

Onehunga

0.00

0.00201308

Orewa

0.00

0.00096497

Otahuhu

0.00

0.00120037

Otara

0.00

0.00180986

Panmure

0.00

0.00267974

Papakura

0.00

0.00086038

Parnell

0.00

0.00085113

Ponsonby

0.00

0.00076528

Pukekohe

0.00

0.00069994

Remuera

0.00

0.00170908

Rosebank

0.00

0.00056551

St Heliers

0.00

0.00186618

Takapuna

0.00

0.00059775

Te Atatu

0.00

0.00227402

Torbay

0.00

0.00124048

Uptown

0.00

0.00022269

Waiuku

0.00

0.00129399

Wiri

0.00

0.00046673

 

vi)      that the Otara-Papatoetoe and Mangere-Otahuhu swimming pool targeted rates be set for all rateable land in the residential differential categories, as defined for the purposes of the general rate, located in the respective Māngere–Ōtāhuhu Local Board and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board areas as set out in the table below:

Local board area

Fixed amount per SUIP ($) (including GST)

Māngere–Ōtāhuhu

13.77

Ōtara-Papatoetoe

31.34

 

vii)     that the Riverhaven Drive targeted rate be set on the properties in Riverhaven Drive which benefit from the construction of a road that gives access to the properties, of an amount of $10,317.02 (including GST) per rating unit

viii)    that the Glorit Flood Gate Restoration targeted rate be set on the three properties detailed below, based on the area of land within the rating unit benefiting from the facility (as assessed by council), of an amount set out in the table below:

Valuation number

Legal description (abbreviated)

Area of benefit (Ha)

Amount of rate ($) (including GST)

00910-00102

Sec 27 SO 59120

245

40,689.21

00910-00502

Lot 5 DP 127940

2

332.15

00910-00400

Sec 2 SO 69274

17.5

2,906.37

 

 

ix)      that the Waitakere Rural Sewerage targeted rate be set for all land in the district of the former Waitakere City Council which has an on-site waste management system and in respect of which the council has available the service of pumping out the system and which is scheduled to take place within the 3-year period commencing 1 July 2014, of an amount of $181.50 (including GST) for each such service (one per on-site waste management system).

 

x)      that the Retro-fit Your Home targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance under the Retro-fit your home scheme, at different levels for each year that the ratepayer has started repaying the financial assistance by this targeted rate, of an amount set out in the table below:

Year of repayment

Rate in the dollar of value outstanding as at 1 July 2014 ($) (including GST)

1

0.17083531

2

0.18652616

3

0.20681689

 

xi)      that the Kumeu Huapai Riverhead Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to the Kumeu Huapai Riverhead pressurised wastewater scheme, of an amount based on the extent of that financial assistance and calculated as $0.12686375 (including GST) of the outstanding balance (dollars) as at 1 July 2014.

 

xii)     that the Point Wells Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to a pressure wastewater collection system in Point Wells, of an amount per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit based on the extent of the financial assistance as shown in the following table:

Total assistance provided

Amount of fixed rate ($) (including GST)

$10,000

843.25

$ 9,500

801.08

$ 9,000

758.92

$ 8,500

716.76

$ 8,000

674.60

 

xiii)    that the Jackson Crescent Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to a wastewater collection scheme in the Jackson Crescent, Martins Bay areas, of an amount of $608.88 (including GST) per rating unit.

 

d)      to avoid any doubt, confirm the following resolutions made on 26 June 2014:

i)       in 2014/2015 the rates be due in four instalments as set out in the table below:

Instalment

Instalment Due Date

1

29 August 2014

2

26 November 2014

3

26 February 2015

4

27 May 2015

 

ii)      a penalty of 10 per cent of any portion of any instalment of rates (assessed in 2014/2015) that is not paid by the due date for payment of that instalment be added to the amount of unpaid rates.  (The penalty will be added on the day following the due date.)

 

iii)     a further penalty of 10 percent of any rates assessed in any financial year prior to 1 July 2014 that remain unpaid on 4 July 2014, be added on 5 July 2014.

 

iv)     a further penalty of 10 percent of any rates to which a penalty has been added under resolution (iii) if those rates are unpaid on 4 January 2015, be added on 5 January 2015

 

v)      the discount for the early payment of rates be set at 1.1 percent of the 2014/2015 rates if those rates, together with any outstanding prior years’ rates and penalties, are paid in full on or before the due date of the first instalment

 

vi)     the non-business decrease cap at minus three percent for 2014/2015 for the Rates transition management policy.

Note: Resolutions a(xiv) to a(xviii) and (b) made on 26 June 2014 have been renumbered in this report.

 

CARRIED

 

Resolution number GB/2014/80

MOVED by Mayor LCM Brown, seconded by Cr MP Webster:  

That the Governing Body:

c)      resolve to set the following rates under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 for the 2014/2015 financial year (starting 1 July 2014), in place of the rates in the revoked subclauses:

i)        that a Uniform Annual General Charge be set, for all rateable land, at $373.35 (including GST) per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit

A division was called for, voting on which was as follows:

For

Cr AJ Anae

Mayor LCM Brown

Cr CM Casey

Cr WB Cashmore

Cr C Darby

Cr CE Fletcher

Deputy Mayor PA Hulse

Cr DA Krum

Cr ME Lee

Cr CM Penrose

Cr JG Walker

Cr WD Walker

Cr J Watson

Cr MP Webster

Against

Cr CE Brewer

Cr D Quax

Cr GS Wood

Abstained

 

The motion was declared carried by 14 votes to 3.

CARRIED

 

For clarity, the full resolution was as follows:

That the Governing Body:

a)      determine, in accordance with section 119 of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002, that it is desirable to set the 2014/2015 rates again because of an irregularity in setting the rates on 26 June 2014.

b)      accordingly revoke subclauses a(i) to (xiii) of Resolution Number GB/2014/57, setting of the rates for the 2014/2015 financial year, carried at the meeting of the Governing Body held on 26 June 2014.

c)      resolve to set the following rates under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 for the 2014/2015 financial year (starting 1 July 2014), in place of the rates in the revoked subclauses:

i)       that a Uniform Annual General Charge be set, for all rateable land, at $373.35 (including GST) per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit

ii)      that a general rate be set for all rateable land based on the capital value of the land and at different rates in the dollar for different categories of land as set out in the table below:

Category

Rate in the dollar of capital value ($) (including GST)

Urban business

0.00784620

Franklin urban business

0.00720042

Rural business

0.00707127

Franklin rural business

0.00649007

Urban residential

0.00322889

Rural residential

0.00290600

Farm/lifestyle

0.00258311

Sea-only access

0.00080722

Uninhabitable islands

0.00000000

 

iii)      that a Waste Management targeted rate be set differentially for different categories of land at different fixed amounts as set out in the table below:

Category

Basis for charging

Amount of rate ($) (including GST)

Full waste service for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

242.40

Waste service where opt out of refuse service applies for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

80.02

Waste service where opt out of recycling service applies for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

183.21

Waste service where opt out of both the refuse and recycling services apply for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

20.83

Waste service where an additional recycling service applies for land in the district of the former Auckland City Council

Per available service to the rating unit

59.19

Waste service for recycling collection for land in the district of the former Franklin District Council where the service is available

Per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP)

70.96

Waste service for refuse collection for land in the district of the former Franklin District Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

58.62

Waste management for land in the district of the former Manukau City Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

220.68

Waste management for land in the district of the former North Shore City Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

64.05

Waste management for land in the district of the former Papakura District Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

111.19

Waste management for land in the district of the former Rodney District Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

86.93

Waste management for land in the district of the former Waitakere City Council where the service is available

Per SUIP

23.36

[Note - details of the waste service available in the various parts of Auckland can be found in the council’s waste management and minimisation plan.]

 

iv)     that a City Centre targeted rate be set for all rateable land in the urban business differential category, as defined for the purposes of the general rate, in the central area, of an amount of $0.00212431 (including GST) per dollar of the capital value of the rating unit

 

v)      that Business Improvement District targeted rates be set for all rateable land in the business differential categories, as defined for the purposes of the general rate, within the defined Business Improvement District area, as set out in the table below:

BID area

Fixed amount per rating unit ($) (including GST)

Rate in the dollar of capital value ($) (including GST)

Avondale

0.00

0.00163747

Birkenhead

0.00

0.00133723

Blockhouse Bay

0.00

0.00202738

Browns Bay

0.00

0.00080471

Devonport

0.00

0.00106777

Dominion Road

0.00

0.00119963

Ellerslie

0.00

0.00286223

Glen Eden

0.00

0.00136569

Glen Innes

0.00

0.00206629

Greater East Tamaki

195.00

0.00005290

Heart of the City

0.00

0.00068618

Howick

0.00

0.00129886

Hunters Corner

0.00

0.00107430

Karangahape Road

0.00

0.00068245

Kingsland

0.00

0.00070217

Mahunga Drive

0.00

0.00067128

Mairangi Bay

250.00

0.00143581

Mangere Bridge

0.00

0.00259600

Mangere East Village

0.00

0.00085577

Mangere Town

0.00

0.00582687

Manukau Central

0.00

0.00053207

Manurewa

0.00

0.00126504

Milford

0.00

0.00096372

Mt Eden Village

0.00

0.00102965

New Lynn

0.00

0.00070643

Newmarket

0.00

0.00100883

North Harbour

150.00

0.00010814

North West District

0.00

0.00075477

Northcote

0.00

0.00394901

Old Papatoetoe

0.00

0.00165867

Onehunga

0.00

0.00201308

Orewa

0.00

0.00096497

Otahuhu

0.00

0.00120037

Otara

0.00

0.00180986

Panmure

0.00

0.00267974

Papakura

0.00

0.00086038

Parnell

0.00

0.00085113

Ponsonby

0.00

0.00076528

Pukekohe

0.00

0.00069994

Remuera

0.00

0.00170908

Rosebank

0.00

0.00056551

St Heliers

0.00

0.00186618

Takapuna

0.00

0.00059775

Te Atatu

0.00

0.00227402

Torbay

0.00

0.00124048

Uptown

0.00

0.00022269

Waiuku

0.00

0.00129399

Wiri

0.00

0.00046673

 

vi)     that the Otara-Papatoetoe and Mangere-Otahuhu swimming pool targeted rates be set for all rateable land in the residential differential categories, as defined for the purposes of the general rate, located in the respective Māngere–Ōtāhuhu Local Board and Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board areas as set out in the table below:

Local board area

Fixed amount per SUIP ($) (including GST)

Māngere–Ōtāhuhu

13.77

Ōtara-Papatoetoe

31.34

 

vii)    that the Riverhaven Drive targeted rate be set on the properties in Riverhaven Drive which benefit from the construction of a road that gives access to the properties, of an amount of $10,317.02 (including GST) per rating unit

viii)   that the Glorit Flood Gate Restoration targeted rate be set on the three properties detailed below, based on the area of land within the rating unit benefiting from the facility (as assessed by council), of an amount set out in the table below:

Valuation number

Legal description (abbreviated)

Area of benefit (Ha)

Amount of rate ($) (including GST)

00910-00102

Sec 27 SO 59120

245

40,689.21

00910-00502

Lot 5 DP 127940

2

332.15

00910-00400

Sec 2 SO 69274

17.5

2,906.37

 

 

ix)     that the Waitakere Rural Sewerage targeted rate be set for all land in the district of the former Waitakere City Council which has an on-site waste management system and in respect of which the council has available the service of pumping out the system and which is scheduled to take place within the 3-year period commencing 1 July 2014, of an amount of $181.50 (including GST) for each such service (one per on-site waste management system).

 

x)      that the Retro-fit Your Home targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance under the Retro-fit your home scheme, at different levels for each year that the ratepayer has started repaying the financial assistance by this targeted rate, of an amount set out in the table below:

Year of repayment

Rate in the dollar of value outstanding as at 1 July 2014 ($) (including GST)

1

0.17083531

2

0.18652616

3

0.20681689

 

xi)     that the Kumeu Huapai Riverhead Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to the Kumeu Huapai Riverhead pressurised wastewater scheme, of an amount based on the extent of that financial assistance and calculated as $0.12686375 (including GST) of the outstanding balance (dollars) as at 1 July 2014.

 

xii)    that the Point Wells Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to a pressure wastewater collection system in Point Wells, of an amount per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit based on the extent of the financial assistance as shown in the following table:

Total assistance provided

Amount of fixed rate ($) (including GST)

$10,000

843.25

$ 9,500

801.08

$ 9,000

758.92

$ 8,500

716.76

$ 8,000

674.60

 

xiii)   that the Jackson Crescent Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to a wastewater collection scheme in the Jackson Crescent, Martins Bay areas, of an amount of $608.88 (including GST) per rating unit.

 

d)      to avoid any doubt, confirm the following resolutions made on 26 June 2014:

i)       in 2014/2015 the rates be due in four instalments as set out in the table below:

Instalment

Instalment Due Date

1

29 August 2014

2

26 November 2014

3

26 February 2015

4

27 May 2015

 

ii)      a penalty of 10 per cent of any portion of any instalment of rates (assessed in 2014/2015) that is not paid by the due date for payment of that instalment be added to the amount of unpaid rates.  (The penalty will be added on the day following the due date.)

 

iii)     a further penalty of 10 percent of any rates assessed in any financial year prior to 1 July 2014 that remain unpaid on 4 July 2014, be added on 5 July 2014.

 

iv)     a further penalty of 10 percent of any rates to which a penalty has been added under resolution (iii) if those rates are unpaid on 4 January 2015, be added on 5 January 2015

 

v)      the discount for the early payment of rates be set at 1.1 percent of the 2014/2015 rates if those rates, together with any outstanding prior years’ rates and penalties, are paid in full on or before the due date of the first instalment

 

vi)     the non-business decrease cap at minus three percent for 2014/2015 for the Rates transition management policy.

Note: Resolutions a(xiv) to a(xviii) and (b) made on 26 June 2014 were renumbered in the agenda report.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Adoption of amendment to the Local Boards Funding Policy: Recommendation from the Budget Committee

 

Resolution number GB/2014/81

MOVED by Cr MP Webster, seconded by Cr WB Cashmore:  

That the Governing Body:

a)         adopt the amendment to the Local Boards Funding Policy.

 

CARRIED

  

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.  

 

 

 

 

 

3.18 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 Governing Body HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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