Strategic Procurement Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Strategic Procurement Committee held in the Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on 7/12/2016 at 9.34am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Mike Lee

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Ross Clow

From 9.55am, Item 9

Members

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

From 9.39am, Item 5.1

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Penny Hulse

 

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, JP (Ex-officio)

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Shane Henderson – Chairperson, Henderson Massey Local Board

Until11.30am, Item C1


Strategic Procurement Committee

7/12/2016

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number STR/2016/1

MOVED by Cr C Casey, seconded by Cr G Sayers:  

That the Strategic Procurement Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr P Hulse for absence on Council business, and from Cr A Filipaina and Cr R Clow for lateness.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

There were no minutes for confirmation.

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Penny Bright

 

Cr A Filipaina entered the meeting at 9.39 am.

 

Penny Bright addressed the Committee on the following:

·         A publicly-available 'Register of Interests', for Council staff responsible for procurement, particularly the CEO.

·         The amount of detail about contracts worth more than $20 million that is provided to the Strategic Procurement Committee.

·         A reminder that 9 December 2016, is International Anti-Corruption Day, and that is the same day that Justice Sally Fitzgerald gives her verdict on the unprecedented Auckland Transport alleged bribery and corruption case, which involves awarded contracts.

Supporting information was tabled. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number STR/2016/2

MOVED by Chairperson M Lee, seconded by Cr C Casey:  

That the Strategic Procurement Committee:

a)    thank Penny Bright for her presentation.

            CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     7 December 2016 - Strategic procurement Committee - Item 5.1 Public Input - Penny Bright tabled information

 

6          Local Board Input

 

6.1

Input from Henderson-Massey Local Board

 

Shane Henderson addressed the committee in support of the Westgate Multipurpose facility.

 

Resolution number STR/2016/3

MOVED by Chairperson M Lee, seconded by Cr L Cooper:  

That the Strategic Procurement Committee:

a)      receive the presentation from Shane Henderson, Chairperson of the Henderson-Massey Local Board regarding the Westgate Multipurpose Facility.

CARRIED

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

9

Westgate Multipurpose Facility (Integrated Library and Community Centre) - PIN_ACPN_15047 Award Main Contract Physical Works

 

Staff were present in support of the item.

Deputy Chairperson R Clow entered the meeting at 9.55 am.

 

Resolution number STR/2016/4

MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Deputy Chairperson R Clow:  

That the Strategic Procurement Committee:

a)      note that the information contained in the report on the Westgate Multipurpose Facility project enables initial transparency on the topic due for discussion in the public excluded section of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Artillery Drive Stormwater Tunnel Project Variation

 

Staff were present in support of the item.

 

Resolution number STR/2016/5

MOVED by Cr D Newman, seconded by Deputy Chairperson R Clow:   

That the Strategic Procurement Committee:

a)      note that the information contained in the report on the Artillery Drive stormwater tunnel project enables initial transparency on the topic due for discussion in the public excluded section of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

 

11

Contract renewal Wheelers Book Club

 

Staff were present in support of the item.

 

Resolution number STR/2016/6

MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Deputy Chairperson R Clow:  

That the Strategic Procurement Committee:

a)      note that the information contained in the report on the contract renewal for Wheelers Book Club Limited enables initial transparency on the topic due for discussion in the public excluded section of the meeting.

CARRIED

  

 

12        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There were no extraordinary items.  

 

 

13        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number STR/2016/7

MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Deputy Mayor B Cashmore:  

That the Strategic Procurement 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       Confidential: Westgate Multipurpose Facility (Integrated Library and Community Centre) - PIN_ACPN_15047 Award Main Contract Physical Works

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)(b)(ii) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

In particular, the report contains information about tender offers

s7(2)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations).

In particular, the report contains information about tender offers.

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       Confidential: Artillery Drive Stormwater Tunnel Project Variation

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)(b)(ii) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information.

In particular, the report contains commercially sensitive information.

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.

 

C3       Contract renewal Wheelers Book Club

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)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains information that would adversely affect commercial negotiations.

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 was made available to the public who were present at the meeting and formed part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

CARRIED

 


10.40am          The public was excluded.

10.40am          The meeting adjourned and reconvened at 10.51am in the confidential section of the meeting.

 

Resolutions in relation to the confidential items are recorded in the confidential section of these minutes and are not publicly available.

 

12.51pm          The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Confidential: Westgate Multipurpose Facility (Integrated Library and Community Centre) - PIN_ACPN_15047 Award Main Contract Physical Works

 

Resolution number STR/2016/8

MOVED by Cr L Cooper, seconded by Deputy Chairperson R Clow:  

Restatement

d)      confirm that the resolution, report and attachments remain confidential until reasons for confidentiality no longer exist.

CARRIED

 

Note:

·         For contracts awarded over $100,000 Auckland Council will publish the following details on the website; the contract number, contract description, contract type, supplier’s trading name, contract start date and contract expiry date.

·         For when the total spending of vendors exceeds $100,000, Auckland Council will publish the following details on the website; supplier identification, supplier name and total spend on the Auckland Council website.

 

 

 

C2

Confidential: Artillery Drive Stormwater Tunnel Project Variation

 

Resolution number STR/2016/9

MOVED by Cr D Newman, seconded by Deputy Mayor B Cashmore:  

Restatement

c)         confirm that the resolution, report and attachments remain confidential until reasons for confidentiality no longer exist.

CARRIED

 

Note:

·         For contracts awarded over $100,000 Auckland Council will publish the following details on the website; the contract number, contract description, contract type, supplier’s trading name, contract start date and contract expiry date.

·         For when the total spending of vendors exceeds $100,000, Auckland Council will publish the following details on the website; supplier identification, supplier name and total spend on the Auckland Council website.

 

 

 

C3

Contract renewal Wheelers Book Club

 

Resolution number STR/2016/10

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Cr C Casey:  

Restatement

d)         confirm that the resolutions, report and attachments remain confidential until reasons for confidentiality no longer exist.

CARRIED

 

Note:

·         For contracts awarded over $100,000 Auckland Council will publish the following details on their website; the contract number, contract description, contract type, supplier’s trading name, contract start date and contract expiry date.

·         For when the total spending of vendors exceeds $100,000, Auckland Council will publish the following details on their website; supplier identification, supplier name and total spend on the Auckland Council website.

  

 

 

12.51 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 Strategic Procurement Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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