Tira Kāwana / Governing Body
OPEN MINUTES
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Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Governing Body held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301-305 Queen Street, Auckland on Thursday, 20 June 2019 at 1.33pm.
Mayor |
Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP |
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Deputy Mayor |
Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore |
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Councillors |
Cr Dr Cathy Casey |
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Cr Ross Clow |
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Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins |
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Cr Linda Cooper, JP |
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Cr Chris Darby |
From 1.37pm, Item 8 |
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Cr Alf Filipaina |
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Cr Hon Christine Fletcher, QSO |
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Cr Richard Hills |
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Cr Penny Hulse |
From 1.37pm, Item 8 |
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Cr Mike Lee |
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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 |
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Cr Wayne Walker |
From 1.40pm, Item 8 |
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Cr John Watson |
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Cr Paul Young |
From 1.42pm, Item 8 |
ABSENT
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Cr Josephine Bartley |
Bereavement leave |
ALSO PRESENT
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IMSB Member Glenn Wilcox |
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Governing Body 20 June 2019 |
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His Worship the Mayor read the affirmation and acknowledged the passing of Cr Josephine Bartley’s mother.
Resolution number GB/2019/53 MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr D Simpson: That the Governing Body: a) accept the apology from Cr J Bartley for absence, on bereavement leave. |
There were no declarations of interest.
There was no petitions section.
There was no public input section.
There was no local board input section.
There was no extraordinary business.
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Adoption of the Annual Budget 2019/2020 and the amendment to the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 |
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MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr R Clow: That the Governing Body: a) adopt the amendment to the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 (Long-term Plan) regarding property transfers b) agree the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2019/2020 and Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2019/2020 for inclusion in the Annual Plan 2019/2020 c) adopt the Annual Budget 2019/2020 (Annual Plan), including 21 local board agreements d) delegate the authority and responsibility for agreeing any required minor editorial changes and the correction of minor errors to the Annual Budget 2019/2020 and the amendment to the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 to the chair of the Finance and Performance Committee, and the Group Chief Financial Officer. |
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Cr C Darby joined the meeting at 1.37pm. Cr P Hulse joined the meeting at 1.37pm. Cr W Walker joined the meeting at 1.40pm. Cr P Young joined the meeting at 1.42pm.
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Jo Smaill, Audit Director from Audit New Zealand addressed the Governing Body to present their opinion. |
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Note: clauses of the motion were voted on separately.
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Resolution number GB/2019/54 MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr R Clow: That the Governing Body: a) adopt the amendment to the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 (Long-term Plan) regarding property transfers. |
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Resolution number GB/2019/55 MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr R Clow: That the Governing Body: b) agree the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2019/2020 and Summary of the Tūpuna Maunga Authority Operational Plan 2019/2020 for inclusion in the Annual Plan 2019/2020. |
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Resolution number GB/2019/56 MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr R Clow: That the Governing Body: c) adopt the Annual Budget 2019/2020 (Annual Plan), including 21 local board agreements d) delegate the authority and responsibility for agreeing any required minor editorial changes and the correction of minor errors to the Annual Budget 2019/2020 and the amendment to the 10-year Budget 2018-2028 to the chair of the Finance and Performance Committee, and the Group Chief Financial Officer. |
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Note: Pursuant to Standing Order 1.8.6, the following councillors requested that their dissenting votes be recorded as follows: · Cr C Fletcher against clause c) · Cr M Lee against clause c) |
Note: Following the meeting Volumes 1 and 2 of the Annual Budget 2019/2020 (Annual Plan) were made available on the Aucklan dCouncil website at the following link:
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Resolution number GB/2019/57 MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr R Clow: That the Governing Body: a) agree under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 to set rates and due dates for the 2019/2020 financial year and to authorise the addition of penalties as follows: i) that a Uniform Annual General Charge be set, for all rateable land, at $424 (including GST) per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP) ii) that a general rate be set for all rateable land based on the capital value of the land and at different rates in the dollar for different categories of land as set out in the table below:
iii) that a Water Quality targeted rate be set on the capital value of all rateable land except land categorised as zero-rated, as defined for rating purposes, of an amount of $0.00010677 (including GST) per dollar of capital value applied to all rateable land categorised as business (Urban business and Rural business), and $0.00006076 (including GST) per dollar of capital value to all rateable land not categorised as business (Urban residential, Rural residential, Farm and lifestyle, urban medium-occupancy online accommodation provider, rural medium-occupancy online accommodation provider, urban moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, rural moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, and No road access) as defined for rating purposes iv) that a Natural Environment targeted rate be set on the capital value of all rateable land except land categorised as zero-rated, as defined for rating purposes, of an amount of $0.00007603 (including GST) per dollar of capital value applied to all rateable land categorised as business (Urban business and Rural business), and $0.00004326 (including GST) per dollar of capital value to all rateable land not categorised as business (Urban residential, Rural residential, Farm and lifestyle, urban medium-occupancy online accommodation provider, rural medium-occupancy online accommodation provider, urban moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, rural moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, and No road access) as defined for rating purposes v) that waste management targeted rates be set differentially for different categories of land at different fixed amounts, as set out in the table below:
Note to table: For these purposes the various waste services are as set out in the Auckland Waste Management and Minimisation Plan and the Funding Impact Statement in the council’s Annual Plan 2019/2020.
vi) that a city centre targeted rate be set differentially for all rateable land in the urban business, urban residential, urban moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, and urban medium-occupancy online accommodation provider differential categories, as defined for rating purposes, and in the city centre area, of an amount of $0.00134668 (including GST) per dollar of the capital value of the rating unit for urban business rating units and of a fixed amount of $61.63 (including GST) per separately used or inhabited part (SUIP) of a rating unit for urban residential, urban moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, and urban medium-occupancy online accommodation provider rating units vii) that an accommodation provider targeted rate be set for all rateable land that is in the urban business, rural business, urban moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, rural moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, urban medium-occupancy online accommodation, or rural medium-occupancy online accommodation provider differential categories, as defined for rating purposes, and that is located within Zones A or B, and that is operated as Tier one, Tier two, Tier three, Tier four, Tier five, or Tier six accommodation provider type, and be set differentially for different categories of land per dollar of capital value of the portion of the rating unit used for commercial accommodation purposes as set out in the table below:
Note to table: For the purposes the accommodation provider targeted rate the various Zones and Tiers are set out in the Funding Impact Statement in the council’s Annual Plan 2019/2020. viii) that a Rodney Local Board Transport targeted rate be set for all rateable land in the Rodney Local Board area except land categorised as zero-rated as defined for rating purposes, of an amount of $150 (including GST) per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP) ix) that Business Improvement District (BID) targeted rates be set for all rateable land in the urban business or rural business differential categories, as defined for rating purposes, within the defined Business Improvement District areas, of a fixed amount per rating unit and/or a rate in the dollar of capital value of the rating unit, as set out in the table below:
x) that the Ōtara-Papatoetoe and Māngere-Ōtāhuhu swimming pool targeted rates be set for all rateable land in the urban residential, rural residential, urban moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, urban medium-occupancy online accommodation provider, rural moderate-occupancy online accommodation provider, or rural medium-occupancy online accommodation provider differential categories, as defined for rating purposes, located in the respective Māngere–Ōtāhuhu Local Board or Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board area, of a fixed amount per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit (SUIP), as set out in the table below:
xi) that the Riverhaven Drive targeted rate be set on land in Riverhaven Drive, Rodney, in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance for the construction of a road that gives access to the rating units, of an amount of $10,317.02 (including GST) per rating unit xii) that the Waitakere rural sewerage targeted rate be set for all land in the district of the former Waitakere City Council which has an on-site waste management system and in respect of which the council has available the service of pumping out the system and which is scheduled to take place within the three-year period commencing 1 July 2018, of an amount of $198.43 (including GST) for each such on-site waste management system xiii) that the Retro-fit Your Home targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance under the Retro-fit your home scheme, at different levels based on the extent of the outstanding assistance by reference to the year that the ratepayer started repaying the financial assistance by this targeted rate, of an amount set out in the table below:
xiv) that the Kumeu Huapai Riverhead Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to the Kumeu Huapai Riverhead pressurised wastewater scheme, at different levels based on the extent of the outstanding assistance by reference to the year that the ratepayer started repaying the financial assistance by this targeted rate, of an amount set out in the table below:
xv) that the On-site wastewater systems (septic tank) upgrades targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance for the replacement or upgrade of failing on-site wastewater systems (septic tanks) in the west coast lagoons and Little Oneroa catchments, at different levels based on the extent of the outstanding assistance by reference to the year that the ratepayer started repaying the financial assistance by this targeted rate, of an amount set out in the table below:
xvi) that the Point Wells Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to a pressure wastewater collection system in Point Wells, of an amount per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit based on the extent of the financial assistance as shown in the following table:
xvii) that the Jackson Crescent Wastewater targeted rate be set on land in respect of which the council has provided financial assistance to connect to a wastewater collection scheme in the Jackson Crescent, Martins Bay area, of an amount of $608.88 (including GST) per rating unit xviii) that for the purposes of the above rates, the definitions of accommodation provider, the city centre area, the various Business Improvement Districts, the expression "separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit" and the differential categories for rates charged on a differential basis are as set out in the Funding Impact Statement in the council's Annual Budget 2019/2020 xix) that for the 2019/2020 financial year, the rates be payable in four equal instalments, on the following due dates:
xx) that a penalty of ten per cent of any portion of any instalment of rates assessed in the 2019/2020 rating year that is not paid by the due date for payment of that instalment be added to the amount of unpaid rates. The penalty will be added on the day following the due date, being 31 August 2019, 29 November 2019, 29 February 2020, and 29 May 2019 respectively xxi) that a further penalty of ten per cent of any rates assessed in any financial year prior to 1 July 2019 that remain unpaid on 1 July 2019, be added on 2 July 2019 xxii) that a further penalty of ten per cent of any rates to which a penalty has been added under resolution (xxi) above if those rates are unpaid on 2 January 2020, be added on 3 January 2020 b) that in accordance with the council’s Early Payment Discount Policy the discount for the early payment of rates be set at 0.63 per cent of the 2019/2020 rates, if those rates, together with any outstanding prior years’ rates and penalties, are paid in full on or before the due date of the first instalment (30 August 2019). |
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Note: Pursuant to Standing Order 1.8.6, the following councillors requested that their dissenting votes be recorded as follows: · Cr C Fletcher against clauses v) and vii) · Cr M Lee against clauses vii) and ix) |
10 Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no consideration of extraordinary items.
1.53pm 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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