Seniors Advisory Panel
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of a meeting of the Seniors Advisory Panel held in the Level 15 Meeting Room, Civic Building, Auckland Council, 1 Greys Avenue, Auckland on Monday, 22 September 2014 at 10.00am.
Chairperson |
Margaret Devlin |
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Deputy Chairperson |
Russell Rigby |
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Members |
Dr Judy Blakey |
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Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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Janet Clews, CNZM, QSO, JP |
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Roger Fowler, QSM |
From 10:05am item 3 |
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Joan Lardner-Rivlin, QSM |
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Sonny Niha |
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Richard Northey, ONZM |
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Seniors Advisory Panel 22 September 2014 |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/18 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member J Clews: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) accept the apology from member Roger Fowler for lateness. |
2 Declaration of Interest
Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.
Member Richard Northey declared a non-pecuniary interest at item 7.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
Member R Fowler entered the meeting at 10:05 am. |
Resolution number SEN/2014/19 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member J Blakey: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Monday 4 August 2014, as a true and correct record. |
4 Extraordinary Business
There was no extraordinary business.
Secretarial note: The Lead Officer Support took the Chair for the election of the chairperson.
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Resolution number SEN/2014/20 MOVED by Member J Clews, seconded by Member J Lardner-Rivlin: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) agree that the chairperson and deputy chairperson be elected by closed ballot b) agree that the chairperson and deputy chairperson be elected using voting system A (as described in Schedule 7, Clause 25 of the Local Government Act 2002) c) elect Margaret Devlin as chairperson. |
Secretarial note: The newly elected Chairperson took the Chair |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/21 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member J Clews: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: d) elect Russell Rigby as deputy chairperson. |
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Staff gave a powerpoint presentation. A copy of the presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/22 MOVED by Member RJ Northey, seconded by Member J Blakey: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) receive the report b) be
updated on the housing related workshop being held by council on c) be asked for feedback on the policy of rental for housing for older persons. |
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a 22 September 2014, Seniors Advisory Panel, Item 6 - Presentation on Housing for Older Persons |
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Staff gave a verbal presentation. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/23 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member J Blakey: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) thank the Manager Growth and Infrastructure Strategy for his presentation. |
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Staff gave a powerpoint presentation. A copy of the presentation has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/24 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member RJ Northey: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) advise of any issues particularly relevant to older people that should be considered in the development of the implementation plan b) advise of any relevant organisations that should be included in further targeted consultation. |
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a 22 September 2014, Seniors Advisory Panel, Item 8 - Presentation on the draft Arts and Culture Strategic Action Plan |
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The working parties feedback was tabled for discussion. Copies of the original feedback, and the amended final version, have been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/25 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member RJ Northey: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) receive and thank the working party for the information b) forward the panel’s feedback to the Financial Plan Policy and Budgeting team. |
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a 22 September 2014, Seniors Advisory Panel, Item 9 - Final panel feedback on the Financial Policies: LTP 2015-25 b 22 September 2014, Seniors Advisory Panel, Item 9 - Original document from the working party for panel discussion |
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Staff spoke to the item in more depth. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/26 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member J Clews: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) provide advice to the council on ways the visibility of International Day of Older Persons might be increased in Auckland b) endorse the option of a Community Summit early 2015 to gather input on options to raise the profile of the International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) c) appoint the Chair to attend and speak at the IDOP function on 1 October 2014. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/27 MOVED by Member M Devlin, seconded by Member J Clews: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) endorse the meeting schedule for 2015, which will be ratified at the Governing Body meeting of 9 October 2014, as follows: 9 February 1:00 pm 23 March 10:00 am 4 May 10:00 am 15 June 10:00 am 27 July 10:00 am 7 September 10:00 am 19 October 10:00 am 30 November 10:00 am |
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Staff distributed an updated copy of Attachment B for the ‘Pacific Peoples Work programme’ as it was incorrect in the agenda. A copy of the programme has been placed on the official copy of these minutes and can be viewed on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment. |
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Resolution number SEN/2014/28 MOVED by Member RJ Northey, seconded by Member J Clews: That the Seniors Advisory Panel: a) note that its work programme has been ratified by the Regional Strategy and Policy Committee on 4 September 2014 b) receive the work programme of the Ethnic Peoples and Pacific Advisory Panels and the recommended key priorities of the Youth Advisory Panel c) discuss opportunities for integration, alignment and collaboration between its work programme and that of the other panels. |
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a 22 September 2014, Seniors Advisory Panel, Item 12 - Updated Pacific Peoples work programme to original Attachment B |
13 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
12.24 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 Seniors Advisory Panel HELD ON
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