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Resolution number GB/2016/34
MOVED by Mayor LCM Brown, seconded by Cr MP Webster:
Tupuna
Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2016/17 (Annual Budget 2016/2017 - Overview
to decision-making)
That the
Governing Body:
a)
agree the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan
2016/17 (Attachment A to the Finance & Performance agenda report) and
Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2016/17
(Attachment B to the Finance & Performance agenda report) for inclusion
in the Annual Plan 2016/2017.
Local
Board Budget
That the
Governing Body:
a)
release reserve funds of
$1,384,237 held from legacy councils.
b) approve
$3.9 million of capital funding for Locally Driven Initiatives opex to capex
conversion which will be sourced through local discretionary budgets.
c) approve
a Locally Driven Initiatives increase of $57,230 for Great Barrier Local
Board and $29,472 for Waiheke Local Board, who have the option to negotiate
their Locally Driven Initiatives funding annually with the governing body as
part of the Local Board Funding Policy.
d) approve
the operating budget amount of $2,096,600 in
Attachment A to the Finance & Performance agenda report to be deferred
from 2015/2016 to 2016/2017.
Final Annual
Plan 2016/2017 – Mayoral Proposal
That the Governing Body:
a) adopt a rating policy for the 2016/17 Annual Plan, based on the
following decisions of the Finance and Performance Committee:
i) that
the Uniform Annual General Charge be set at $394
ii) that
the Interim Transport Levy (targeted rate) be set to retain the status quo of
a fixed charge of $113.85 (including GST) for non-business ratepayers and $182.85
(including GST) for business ratepayers
iii) that
the general rate differential for farm and lifestyle properties be retained
at its present level of 80 per cent of the urban residential rate
iv) that
the Māori Freehold Land rates remission and postponement policy be
amended to include remissions:
1) to adjust rates to the equivalent of those that
would have been charged, had the property been valued excluding any potential
use that is unlikely to be achieved within Māori ownership
2) to adjust rates to the equivalent of those that
would have been charged, had the rateable value of the property been adjusted
by ten per cent; where properties have significant barriers to development
such as owners being deceased or not succeeded to
3) for marae and urupā land in excess of the two
hectare limit for non-rateability;
and also including
4) for land returned under treaty settlement for
commercial redress where the land is set aside and protected for cultural,
historic or natural conservation purposes or because it is wahi tapu, or used
for a marae or urupā
v) that the Rates Remission
and Postponement Policy be amended to remit fixed charges on Māori Freehold
Land on multiple titles used as single property
vi) that a two year pilot
programme providing financial assistance of up to $35,000 per property to
eligible homeowners in Piha, Te Henga, Karekare and Little Oneroa catchments
to replace or upgrade their failing septic tank systems be established. This
will be funded by a targeted rate set from 1 July 2017
vii) that a targeted rate be set (at
two thirds of the level set regionally for a full year recycling service) to
fund a fortnightly kerbside fully commingled recycling collection in rural
Franklin
viii) that the Brown’s Bay, Glen Eden
and North Harbour Business Improvement Districts are extended.
b) adopt
the budget for the Annual Plan 2016/2017, based on year two of the Long-term
Plan 2015-2025, as amended by the following decisions of the Finance and
Performance Committee:
i) Auckland
Council continue its existing public transport concessions for the 2016/2017
financial year
ii) additional
funding to Auckland Transport of $1.5 million noting that the remaining $1.5
million estimated cost of the discontinued government subsidy to come from
internal savings in Auckland Transport
iii) additional
capital funding of up to $30 million in 2016/2017 and up to $20
million in 2017/2018 to Auckland Transport to support the early acquisition
of land for future capital, excluding light rail, reminding the Auckland
Transport Board that Council’s highest weighting priority is public
transport
iv) request Auckland Transport to work with the New Zealand
Transport Agency and Kiwirail to retain the land at the Waterview Tunnel
construction site until the decision on the light rail project has been
progressed
v) additional
operating expenditure of $150,000, to deliver town and local centre clean-ups
across the region.
c) that
the Chief Executive, Group Chief Financial Officer and Chair of the Finance
and Performance Committee be authorised to draw down, if required, up to $100
million per annum of the Diversified Financial Asset portfolio for the
2016/2017 and 2017/2018 financial years, in order to manage the debt
ratios within prudent limits.
d) that a report be brought back to the Regional Strategy and Policy
Committee on the options for managing damaged headstones in closed and open
cemeteries, particularly those of historic value, and that in the meantime, a
budget of $50,000 be provided for 2016/17 for immediate maintenance issues.
A division was called for, voting on
which was as follows:
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For
Cr AJ Anae
Mayor LCM Brown
Cr W Cashmore
Cr R Clow
Cr LA Cooper
Cr C Darby
Cr AM Filipaina
Deputy Mayor PA Hulse
Cr CM Penrose
Cr JG Walker
Cr MP Webster
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Against
Cr C Casey
Cr CE Fletcher
Cr DA Krum
Cr ME Lee
Cr D Quax
Cr SL Stewart
Cr WD Walker
Cr J Watson
Cr GS Wood
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Abstained
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The motion was declared carried by 11 votes to 9.
CARRIED
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