Tira Kāwana / Governing Body

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Governing Body held in the Reception Lounge, Auckland Town Hall, 301 Queen Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 9 June 2020 at 2.51pm.

 

present

 

Mayor

Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

 

Councillors

Cr Josephine Bartley

 

 

Cr Dr Cathy Casey

 

 

Cr Fa’anana Efeso Collins

 

 

Cr Pippa Coom

 

 

Cr Linda Cooper, JP

 

 

Cr Angela Dalton

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

Cr Shane Henderson

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Tracy Mulholland

 

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

 

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Cr Paul Young

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Meredith Webb

Manager Public Law

 

Shameel Sahib

Head of Strategy & Capability

 

Penelope Pebbles

Partner, Caldwell Partners

 

Llewela McNair

Senior Associate, Caldwell Partners

 


Governing Body

09 June 2020

 

 

 

1          Affirmation

 

His Worship the Mayor will read the affirmation.

 

 

2          Apologies

  

Resolution number GB/2020/47

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

That the Governing Body:

a)         accept the apology from Councillor G Sayers for absence.

CARRIED

 

 

3          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions section.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input section.

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input section.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

8          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 

 

 


 

 

 

9          Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number GB/2020/48

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr C Fletcher:  

That the Governing Body:

a)      exclude the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.

b)      agree Shameel Shahib, Meredith Webb, Penelope Pebbles and Llewela McNair be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1 Appointment of Auckland Council Chief Executive after the public has been excluded, because of their knowledge of recruitment, which will help the Governing Body in its decision-making.

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:  Appointment of Auckland Council Chief Executive

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, to enable the Governing Body to discuss candidates and to protect the identity of applicants.

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

 

 


 

 

2.53pm            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.

 

 

6.00pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

CONFIDENTIAL:  Appointment of Auckland Council Chief Executive

 

Resolution number GB/2020/49

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

i)          confirm that the names of all unsuccessful candidates remain confidential.

j)          agree that the report and attachments remain confidential to protect the privacy of applicants, but that the decision can be released once the announcement of the new Chief Executive has been made.

 

 

6.00 pm                                              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:........................................................