Komiti Tohu me te Arotake Tūranga Mahi/

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 Thursday, 1 March 2018 at 9.35am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

Deputy Chairperson

Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

Members

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Penny Hulse

From 9.47am, item 9

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

 

 

Ex-officio

Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore

 

 

IMSB Chair David Taipari

From 9.41am, item 5.1

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Cathy Casey

 

 

 

 


Appointments and Performance Review Committee

01 March 2018

 

 

 

1          Apologies

  

Resolution number APP/2018/6

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr P Hulse for lateness and Cr R Hills for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number APP/2018/7

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

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 1 February 2018, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Sue Gardiner Public Input - Visual Arts Representation on RFA Board

 

 

 

IMSB Member D Taipari entered the meeting at 9.41 am.

 

 

 

Resolution number APP/2018/8

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

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)    thank Sue Gardiner for her public input regarding visual arts representation on the Regional Facilities Auckland Board and thank her for attending.

CARRIED

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 


 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

Pursuant to Standing Order 2.4.6, the meeting agreed to receive verbal updates relating to the general business of the committee (Governance process options for CCO’s when unbudgeted items occur) at Item 11 – Consideration of Extraordinary Items.

 

 

8          Notices of Motion

 

There were no notices of motion.

 

 

9

Process for appointments to the board of the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board

 

Cr P Hulse entered the meeting at 9.47 am.

 

Resolution number APP/2018/9

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

Ngā tūtohunga / Recommendation/s

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         note that the Amenities Board have agreed to undertake a joint process with the Auckland Council (if required) for council’s 2018 board appointments.

b)      approve that the board appointment approach for council’s appointments to Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board, be consistent with Auckland Council’s Board Appointment and Remuneration Policy.

c)      note that Amenities Board Representatives will be active in this process

d)      note that a confidential report is included on today’s committee agenda and provides information regarding the two board members appointed by Auckland Council whose tenure ends on 31 May 2018.  This report is confidential because it contains personal information regarding the directors.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Programme for board appointments to Auckland Council's council-controlled organisations for 2018

 

Resolution number APP/2018/10

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

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         note the programme for appointing directors to the council-controlled organisations for 2018.

b)        note that a confidential report is included on today’s committee agenda that provides information to make decisions on the directors on Auckland’s council-controlled organisations whose terms of appointment is due to end on 31 October 2018.

c)         note that the confidential report also includes the skill requirements for any vacancies created and that the report is confidential due to the personal information contained in it.

d)      note that the confidential report also contains information on membership for the 2016-2019 pool of councillors for board appointments to council-controlled organisations.

CARRIED

  

11        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

Pursuant to Standing Order 2.4.6, the committee agreed to receive verbal discussion on:

·         the Governance process options for Council Controlled Organisation’s when unbudgeted items occur

 

 

12        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number APP/2018/11

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 tog 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       Board appointments to the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board

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 directors on the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board directors and their potential reappointment or retirement.

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       2018 Board Appointment programme for council-controlled organisations

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 information about the board members on Auckland Council's council-controlled organisations and their potential retirement or reappointment.

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

 

10.08am          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.

 

11.11am          The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

Board appointments to the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Board

 

 

 

Resolution number APP/2018/12

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

g)         note that the report and attachments will remain confidential until the conclusion of the appointment process after which the decisions will be made publicly available.  The report must stay confidential due to the information relating to individuals contained in the report.

 

 

C2

2018 Board Appointment programme for council-controlled organisations

 

 

 

Resolution number APP/2018/13

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore:  

f)       note that the report and attachments will remain confidential until the conclusion of the appointment process after which the decisions will be made publicly available.  The report must stay confidential due to the information relating to individuals contained in the report.

  

 

11.11am                                             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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