Tira Kāwana / Governing Body
OPEN MINUTES
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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.
Mayor |
Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP |
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Deputy Mayor |
Cr Bill Cashmore |
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Councillors |
Cr Josephine Bartley |
From 9.44am, item 6.1 |
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Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins |
From 9.36am, item 2 |
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Cr Linda Cooper, JP |
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Cr Chris Darby |
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Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO |
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Cr Richard Hills |
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Cr Penny Hulse |
From 9.47am, item 6.1 |
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Cr Daniel Newman, JP |
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Cr Greg Sayers |
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Cr Desley Simpson, JP |
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Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM |
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Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE |
From 9.42am, item 6.1 |
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Cr Wayne Walker |
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Cr John Watson |
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ABSENT
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Cr Ross Clow |
For leave of absence |
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Cr Alf Filipaina |
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Cr Mike Lee |
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Governing Body 23 August 2018 |
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His worship the Mayor read the affirmation.
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. |
Cr E Collins entered the meeting at 9.36am.
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.
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. |
There were no petitions.
6.1 |
Public Input: Tricia Cheel and Nicole Miller-Hard, Friends of Sherwood - Continued Use of Glyphosate products and other unnecessary chemicals |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
There was no local board input.
There was no extraordinary business.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Summary of Governing Body information memos and briefings - 23 August 2018 |
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Cr P Hulse returned to the meeting at 10.04 am. Note: clause c) was incorporated with the agreement of the meeting. |
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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. |
13 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
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
C2 CONFIDENTIAL: Appointment to the Youth Advisory Panel
C3 CONFIDENTIAL: Accelerating housing delivery in Wainui
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. |
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:
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CONFIDENTIAL: Te Ākitai Waiohua – Wiri Lava Cave Scientific Reserve |
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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. |
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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. |
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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
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CHAIRPERSON:........................................................