I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Waitākere Ranges Local Board will be held on:

 

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Thursday, 14 June 2018

6.00pm

Waitākere Ranges Local Board Office
39 Glenmall Place
Glen Eden

 

Waitākere Ranges Local Board

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Greg Presland

 

Deputy Chairperson

Saffron Toms

 

Members

Sandra Coney, QSO

 

 

Neil Henderson

 

 

Steve Tollestrup

 

 

(Quorum 3 members)

 

 

 

Glenn Boyd

(Waitākere Ranges Local Board Relationship Manager)

 

 

Brenda  Railey

Democracy Advisor - Waitākere Ranges

 

11 June 2018

 

Contact Telephone: +64 21 820 781

Email: brenda.railey@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 


 

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

14 June 2018

 

 

ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                        PAGE

1          Welcome                                                                                                                         5

2          Apologies                                                                                                                        5

3          Declaration by Local Board Member                                                                           7

4          Explanation of laws affecting elected members                                                        9    

 

 


1          Welcome

 

 

 

2          Apologies

 

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

14 June 2018

 

 

Declaration by Local Board Member

 

File No.: CP2018/10198

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo / Purpose of the report

1.       To provide an opportunity for the new local board member to make an oral declaration.

Whakarāpopototanga matua / Executive summary

2.       A vacancy within the Waitākere Ranges Local Board arose following the death in January 2018 of local board member, Denise Yates.

3.       Following the recent Auckland by-election, Ken Turner has been elected  to the Waitākere Ranges Local Board.

4.       The newly elected board member will make an oral declaration and sign a written declaration, which will be attested by the Waitākere Ranges Local Board Chair.

5.       The Waitākere Ranges Local Board Chair is authorised to administer the members’ declaration at this meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Local Government Act 2002 (Schedule 7, clause 14).

 

Ngā tūtohunga / Recommendation/s

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      receive the declaration made by Member K Turner pursuant to Schedule 7, clause 14, of the Local Government Act 2002

 

 

Ngā tāpirihanga / Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.     

Ngā kaihaina / Signatories

Authors

Brenda  Railey - Democracy Advisor - Waitākere Ranges

Authorisers

Glenn Boyd - Relationship Manager Henderson-Massey, Waitākere Ranges, Whau

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

14 June 2018

 

 

Explanation of laws affecting elected members

 

File No.: CP2018/09588

 

  

 

Purpose

1.       To enable the newly elected board member to receive a general explanation of the laws that affect elected members.[1]

2.       Following election, elected members are required to receive a general explanation of the laws that affect them as elected members.[2] This report provides that explanation for newly elected member Ken Turner.

Executive summary

3.       There are a number of core legal requirements that a newly elected member should be aware of when making decisions.  These are the:

 

-     Local Government Act 2002

-     Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009

-     Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

-     Local Authorities (Members’ Interests) Act 1968

-     Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

-     Crimes Act 1961

-     Secret Commissions Act 1910

-     Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

-     Council decision-making requirements

-     Personal liability of elected members

-     Public law decision-making principles.

4.       This report and attachment provides an explanation of these core legal requirements. 

 

5.       In addition to these core legal requirements, there are many other statutes relevant to certain council decisions (for example the Reserves Act 1977). 

a)             

6.       Elected members will receive advice from staff on a case-by-case basis to ensure that they understand their legal obligations when making decisions.

 

Recommendation/s

That the Waitākere Ranges Local Board:

a)      note the general explanation of the laws affecting elected members.

 

 

 

Attachments

No.

Title

Page

a

Laws Affecting Elected Members - Core Legal Requirements

11

     

Signatories

Authors

Brenda  Railey - Democracy Advisor - Waitākere Ranges

Authorisers

Glenn Boyd - Relationship Manager Henderson-Massey, Waitākere Ranges, Whau

 


Waitākere Ranges Local Board

14 June 2018

 

 


 


 


 


 


 

    

    

 



[1] Clause 21(5)(c) Schedule 7 Local Government Act 2002.

[2] Clause 21(5)(c) Schedule 7 Local Government Act 2002.