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Resolution number APP/2017/65
MOVED
by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Fletcher:
That the Appointments
and Performance Review Committee:
a) note
that a number of structural and editorial improvements which do not result in
any change the meaning of the Auckland Council Appointment and Remuneration
Policy for Board Members of Council Organisations (the policy), have been
made to the draft revised policy.
b) agree
the proposed minor amendments and improvements to the policy as set out in
attachment A and B, that cover:
i) definitions
and objectives of the policy
ii) clarity
on the considerations for appointments
iii) remuneration
of board members nominated by the New Zealand Transport Agency
iv) appointments
to multiply owned council-controlled organisations
v) non-eligibility
of disqualified directors
vi) a
requirement for board members to have formal governance training or have the
requisite governance experience
vii) the
additional competencies required of board chairs of substantive
council-controlled organisations and the role of the board chair and deputy
chair
viii) the responsibility
of the selection panel and the committee to assess the interests of
candidates, and in making a recommendation where a potential conflict of
interest has been identified ensuring that the conflicts of interest can be
managed
ix) clarity
that Auckland Council supports the payment by substantive council-controlled
organisations of directors liability insurance and the indemnification of
directors.
c) agree the substantive policy amendments as set out in attachment A
and C, that cover:
i) Auckland Council’s policy on board diversity and inclusion
ii) a
single selection panel for each substantive council-controlled organisation
appointment process, with councillors drawn from an enduring pool of no less
than four and no more than 10 members of the Governing Body
iii) that
members of the enduring pool are appointed by the committee which holds the
delegation at the beginning of the electoral term and that membership of the
enduring pool may be amended from time to time by resolution of the
committee.
d) agree
that further clarity will be added to the policy about the eligibility
and remuneration of elected members to the boards of smaller council
organisations and that staff appointments are generally not recommended
to these entities
e) delegate
to the governance director and chair or deputy chair of the committee, the
ability to make any further amendments to the policy agreed at its
meeting
f) agree
that in the event that the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (2) is
passed, as currently drafted, amend section 8.7.1 of the policy to give
effect to the new requirement to consider whether knowledge of Tikanga
Māori may be of relevance to the governance of a
council-controlled organisation.
g) note
that all Governing Body members were invited to provide input to the Review
of the Appointment and Remuneration Policy for Board Members of Council
Organisations.
CARRIED
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