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Finance and Performance Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Finance and Performance Committee held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 23 October 2018 at 9.33am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Ross Clow

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

Members

Cr Josephine Bartley

 

 

Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO

From 10.12am, Item 8

 

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Penny Hulse

 

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

IMSB Chair David Taipari

From 9.36am, Item 5.1

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 9.51am, Item 5.1

 

Cr John Watson

From 9.50am, Item 5.1

 

Cr Paul Young

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Efeso Collins

 

 

Cr Cathy Casey

For leave of absence

 

IMSB Member Terrence Hohneck

 

 

Cr Mike Lee

 

 

Cr Sir John Walker, KNZM, CBE

 

 

 


Finance and Performance Committee

23 October 2018

 

 

 

 

1          Apologies

  

Resolution number FIN/2018/153

MOVED by Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Cr G Sayers:  

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)         accept the apology from Cr E Collins for absence on council business; Cr Sir John Walker for absence; and Cr C Fletcher and Cr W Walker for lateness.

CARRIED

Note:   apologies were subsequently received from Cr M Lee for absence.

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/154

MOVED by Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Cr R Hills:  

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Wednesday, 17 October 2018 as a true and correct record, subject to the following amendment to Item 1 – Apologies: Resolution number FIN/2018/143, clause a) as follows:

a)    accept the apologies from Cr E Collins and Cr G Sayers for absence on council business, IMSB Member T Hohneck, Cr P Hulse, Cr G Sayers and Cr P Young for absence; Cr A Filipaina for lateness on council business; and Cr C Darby for lateness.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

5.1

Public Input - Claudia Maran

 

IMSB Chair D Taipari joined the meeting at 9.36am.

Cr J Watson joined the meeting at 9.50am.

Cr W Walker joined the meeting at 9.51am.

 

Ms Claudia Maran addressed the committee on strategic partnerships in Action.  This updated the committee from her presentation at the Finance and Performance Committee on 12 December 2017 where she spoke about using philanthropy to co-ordinate and work together with Auckland Council in the Long-Term Plan to reach budget and community goals.

A PowerPoint presentation was provided. A copy has been attached to the minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/155

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

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)         thank Ms Maran for her presentation on strategic partnerships in relation to Ponsonby Park.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     23 October 2018, Finance and Performance Committee, Item 5.1 - Public Input - Claudia Maran - PowerPoint presentation

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8

Shareholder approval of Ports of Auckland Limited's final Statement of Corporate Intent 2018- 2021

 

Cr S Stewart left the meeting at 10.02am.
Cr C Fletcher joined the meeting at 10.12am.

Note:   Changes to the original motion, adding new clause b) were made with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/156

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

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)         approve the final Statement of Corporate Intent 2018-2021 for Ports of Auckland Limited.

b)        following further discussions with Ports of Auckland Limited, delegate final approval of the Statement of Corporate Intent 2018-2021 to the Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee and the Mayor.

CARRIED

 

 

Adjournment of Meeting

Resolution number FIN/2018/157

MOVED by Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Deputy Chairperson D Simpson:  

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)            agree to adjourn the meeting until the conclusion of the Finance and Performance Committee workshop on tax matters.

CARRIED

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 10.13am and reconvened at 12.04pm.

 

Cr G Sayers, Cr J Watson and Cr P Young were not present.

 

 

Cr S Stewart returned to the meeting at 12.04pm.

 

 

9

Council submission on Tax Working Group - interim report

 

Cr J Watson returned to the meeting at 12.05pm.

Cr P Young returned to the meeting at 12.08pm.

Cr G Sayers returned to the meeting at 12.11pm.

Note:   changes to the original motion were incoproarated under clause b) with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/158

MOVED by Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore:   

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)       note the release of the Tax Working Group’s interim report seeking public submissions which close 1 November 2018.

b)     approve a delegation to finalise and approve council’s submission on the Tax Working Group interim report, consisting of the Chair of the Finance and Performance Committee, the Mayor, the Chair of the Independent Māori Statutory Board, and the Chief Financial Officer.

CARRIED

 

Note:   Pursuant to Standing Order 1.8.6 the following councillors requested that their dissenting votes be recorded against clause b):

·         Cr C Fletcher

·         Cr S Stewart

 

 

10

Finance and Performance Committee - 2018/2019 Forward Work Programme

 

Note:   Changes to the original motion, adding new clause b) were made with the agreement of the meeting.

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/159

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Chairperson R Clow:  

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)       receive the 2018/2019 Work Programme.

b)       note the addition of the tax amendment and ownership considerations report to the 20 November 2018 meeting of the Finance and Performance Committee.

CARRIED

 

 


 

 

11

Finance and Performance Committee - Information Report - 23 October 2018

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/160

MOVED by IMSB Chair D Taipari, seconded by Cr W Walker:  

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

a)      receive the information report – 18 September 2018.

CARRIED

  

 

12        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

 

13        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number FIN/2018/161

MOVED by Chairperson R Clow, seconded by Deputy Chairperson D Simpson:  

That the Finance and Performance 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       Section 1 (SO 434028) and Section 6 (SO 434026) Manukau Station Road, Manukau

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)(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 discusses negotiations with proposed development parties

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

 

 

12.21pm          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.

 

12.34pm          The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

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Section 1 (SO 434028) and Section 6 (SO 434026) Manukau Station Road, Manukau

 

Resolution number FIN/2018/162

MOVED by Cr C Fletcher, seconded by Cr A Filipaina:  

That the Finance and Performance Committee:

c)      confirm that there be no restatement of the confidential report or the resolutions until settlement of Section 1 SO 434028 and Section 6 SO 434026 Manukau Station Road, Manukau and only then is the resolution to be restated.

  

 

12.34pm                                             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 Finance and Performance Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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