Tira Kāwana / Governing Body

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Governing Body held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Thursday, 23 August 2018 at 9.34am.

 

present

 

Mayor

Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

Deputy Mayor

Cr Bill Cashmore

 

Councillors

Cr Josephine Bartley

From 9.44am, item 6.1

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins

From 9.36am, item 2

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Penny Hulse

From 9.47am, item 6.1

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

From 9.42am, item 6.1

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Ross Clow

For leave of absence

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 


Governing Body

23 August 2018

 

 

 

1          Affirmation

 

His worship the Mayor read the affirmation.

 

 

 

2          Apologies

  

Resolution number GB/2018/128

MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr C Casey:  

That the Governing Body:

a)         accept the apologies from Cr J Bartley and Cr P Hulse for lateness, and Cr A Filipaina and Cr M Lee for absence.

CARRIED

 

Cr E Collins entered the meeting at 9.36am.

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

Cr C Casey declared an interest in Item 9: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve and Item C1: CONFIDENTIAL: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve.

 

Cr J Bartley subsequently declared an interest in Item 9: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve and Item C1: CONFIDENTIAL: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve.

 

 

 

4          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number GB/2018/129

MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr D Simpson:  

That the Governing Body:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 26 July 2018, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

 

5          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 


 

 

 

6          Public Input

 

6.1

Public Input:  Tricia Cheel and Nicole Miller-Hard, Friends of Sherwood - Continued Use of Glyphosate products and other unnecessary chemicals

 

Tricia Cheel and Nicole Miller-Hard were present and tabled documents in support of their presentation.

Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.

Cr J Walker joined the meeting at 9.42 am.
Cr J Bartley joined the meeting at 9.44 am.
Cr P Hulse joined the meeting at 9.47 am.

 

Resolution number GB/2018/130

MOVED by Cr W Walker, seconded by Cr J Watson:  

That the Governing Body:

a)    receive and note the public input presentation from Tricia Cheel and Nicole Miller-Hard regarding the continued use of glyphosate products and other unnecessary chemicals in our city and the lack of consultation.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     23 August 2018, Governing Body - Item 6.1: Tricia Cheel and Nicole Miller-Hard, Friends of Sherwood - Continued Use of Glyphosate products, Tricia Cheel submission

b     23 August 2018, Governing Body - Item 6.1: Tricia Cheel and Nicole Miller-Hard, Friends of Sherwood - Continued Use of Glyphosate products, Nicole Miller-Hard submission

 

 

7          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

8          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

9

Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve

 

Cr J Bartley and Cr C Casey declared an interest in this item and took no part in the discussion or voting on the matter.

Cr P Hulse left the meeting at 9.54 am.

 

Resolution number GB/2018/131

MOVED by Cr J Watson, seconded by Cr L Cooper:  

That the Governing Body:

a)      note the confidential report on this meeting agenda providing information and recommendations regarding the Crown’s proposed Treaty settlement redress for Te Ākitai Waiohua involving the Crown-owned Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve

b)      note the confidential report contains information provided by the Crown to council in confidence on the understanding the information is negotiation sensitive between hapū/iwi and the Crown – if confidential information is made available it will prejudice both those negotiations and the provision of similar information to council in the future.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Appointment to the Youth Advisory Panel

 

Resolution number GB/2018/132

MOVED by Cr E Collins, seconded by Cr L Cooper:  

That the Governing Body:

a)      note the process for appointing a new member to the Youth Advisory Panel

b)      note the confidential report presents the proposed candidate’s profile in detail.

CARRIED

 

 

11

Accelerating housing delivery in Wainui

 

Resolution number GB/2018/133

MOVED by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore, seconded by Cr W Walker:  

That the Governing Body:

a)      note the confidential report on this meeting agenda seeking approval and delegation to progress commercial arrangements to accelerate housing delivery in Wainui.

b)      note the confidential report contains information which if made available would likely unreasonably prejudice the commercial position of the person that provided, and is the subject of, that information. It is also necessary to withhold this information to enable the council to complete commercial negotiations in relation to Wainui without prejudice or disadvantage.

CARRIED

 

 

12

Summary of Governing Body information memos and briefings - 23 August 2018

 

Cr P Hulse returned to the meeting at 10.04 am.

Note:   clause c) was incorporated with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number GB/2018/134

MOVED by Cr C Darby, seconded by Cr P Hulse:  

That the Governing Body:

a)      note the progress on the forward work programme.

b)      receive the Summary of Governing Body information memos and briefings – 23 August 2018.

c)      receive the written and verbal report from Mayor P Goff about his recent visit to Fukuoka and Tokyo and acknowledge the generosity of the Fukuoka City Council for funding the visit.

CARRIED

  

 

 

 

 

13        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

14        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number GB/2018/135

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

That the Governing Body:

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: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve

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)(c)(ii) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to damage the public interest.

In particular, the report contains information provided by the Crown to council in confidence on the understanding the information is negotiation sensitive between hapū / iwi and the Crown. If confidential information is made available, it will prejudice both those negotiations and the provision of similar information to council in the future

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:  Appointment to the Youth Advisory Panel

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 a young person's name recommended for the Youth Advisory Panel. This information should not be made public until the governing body endorses the candidate and the Ministry of Justice criminal history check is completed. 

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       CONFIDENTIAL:  Accelerating housing delivery in Wainui

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.

s7(2)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

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

CARRIED

 

 

 

10.27am          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.

 

11.25am          The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

CONFIDENTIAL: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve

 

Resolution number GB/2018/136

MOVED by Cr D Newman, seconded by Cr C Darby:  

That the Governing Body:

c)      agree these decisions and report will not be restated until advised by the Crown that the obligation of confidentiality is removed.

 

 

C2

CONFIDENTIAL:  Appointment to the Youth Advisory Panel

 

Resolution number GB/2018/137

MOVED by Cr E Collins, seconded by Cr L Cooper:  

That the Governing Body:

c)      agree that the appointment and report be made public once criminal history checks have been completed and the proposed candidate has been advised and confirmed their acceptance of the appointment.

 

 

C3

CONFIDENTIAL:  Accelerating housing delivery in Wainui

 

Resolution number GB/2018/138

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

That the Governing Body:

c)      agree that the report and decisions remain confidential.

  

 

11.25 am                                            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 Governing Body HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

CHAIRPERSON:........................................................