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Seniors
Advisory Panel
23 March 2015
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1 Apologies
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.
There were no
declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation of Minutes
4 Extraordinary Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
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Advice on voting and candidates for the 2016 local government
elections
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Resolution number SEN/2015/7
MOVED
by Member RJ Northey, seconded by Member J Clews:
That the Seniors
Advisory Panel:
a)
advise on ways to engage a diverse range of people to stand as
candidates and to vote.
b)
endorse council activity pursuing this issue emphasising:
i)
salience
ii)
confidence to stand and to vote
iii)
effective communication about voting
iv)
making voting as easy as possible including pursuing the
introduction of on-line voting in Auckland.
CARRIED
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6
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Update on Housing for Older Persons
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Staff
provided three PowerPoint presentations.
A copy of the
documents are attached to the official copy of these minutes and are
available on the Auckland Council website as a Minutes Attachment.
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Resolution number SEN/2015/8
MOVED
by Member J Blakey, seconded by Member J Lardner-Rivlin:
That the Seniors
Advisory Panel:
a)
receive the updates and provided advice
on strategies to achieve high levels of participation by older people across
all aspects of activity.
b)
hold a workshop to form advice on
council housing activity.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 23 March 2015 Seniors Advisory
Panel - Item 6 A - Proposed Renewals
b 23 March 2015 Seniors Advisory
Panel - Item 6 B - Special Housing Eligibility Proposal
c 23 March 2015 Seniors Advisory
Panel - Item 6 C - Rent Standardisation Consultation 2014/15
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Seniors Advisory Panel Work Programme Update - March 2015
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Resolution number SEN/2015/9
MOVED
by Member J Clews, seconded by Member RJ Northey:
That the Seniors
Advisory Panel:
a) receive the
Seniors Advisory Panel Work Programme Update for March 2015.
b) note that
the Lead Officer Support is regularly requesting staff to report back, where practicable,
on how the panel’s advice and input are used.
CARRIED
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Cr Casey retired from the meeting at 11.52
am.
9 Consideration of Extraordinary
Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
12.04 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
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:........................................................
