Appointments and Performance Review Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Appointments and Performance Review Committee held in the Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert St, Auckland on Friday, 27 October 2017 at 10.07am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

Members

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

 

 

Ex-officio

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Richard Aitken

Chair, Panuku Development Auckland

 


Appointments and Performance Review Committee

27 October 2017

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

Resolution number APP/2017/74

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Fletcher:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         accept the apology from Cr D Simpson for early departure on council business.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number APP/2017/75

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Fletcher, seconded by Cr D Simpson:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Monday, 25 September 2017, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.


 

 

9

Process for the appointments of directors to Panuku Development Auckland Limited and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Limited

 

Resolution number APP/2017/76

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson C Fletcher, seconded by Mayor P Goff:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)      note that a confidential report on the agenda will provide information for the committee to make decisions regarding: 

i)          the appointment of a new director to the board of Panuku Development Auckland Limited

ii)         the director on the board of Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development whose term ends on 31 October 2017.

b)      note that the final appointment decisions will be made publicly available at the conclusion of the appointment process, but that the confidential reports and their attachments will remain confidential.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Refresh of chief executive’s performance objectives

Focus Area One: organisational culture and performance

 

This report was tabled at the meeting. A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number APP/2017/77

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr D Simpson:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)      note the contents of this report for discussion.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     27 October 2017 - Appointments and Performance Review Committee - Item 10, Refresh of chief executive's performance objectives report

 

 

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 


 

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number APP/2017/78

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Fletcher:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review 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       Appointment of directors to the board of Panuku Development Auckland Limited and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Limited

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)(a) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person.

In particular, the report contains private information about the appointment of directors to the boards of Panuku Development Auckland Limited and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development.

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       Refresh of chief executive’s performance objectives

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)(i) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would disclose a trade secret.

In particular, during this item, the committee will discuss performance objectives for the Chief Executive including possible discussion about terms of employment and remuneration.

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 is made available to the public who are present at the meeting and form part of the minutes of the meeting.

CARRIED

 

 

10.23am          The public was excluded.

 

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

 

12.22pm          The public was re-admitted.

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

Appointment of directors to the board of Panuku Development Auckland Limited and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development Limited

 

Resolution number APP/2017/80

MOVED by Cr D Simpson, seconded by Cr P Hulse:

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

c)      note that the final appointment decisions will be made publicly available at the conclusion of the appointment process, but that the reports and their attachments will remain confidential.

  

 

C2

Refresh of chief executive's performance objectives

 

Resolution number APP/2017/81

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Chairperson C Fletcher:

b)      agree that the resolutions, report and attachments remain confidential.

 

 

 

12.22 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 Appointments and Performance Review Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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