Kōmiti Mō Te Kopou Me Te Arotake Whakatutukitanga / Appointments and Performance Review Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Appointments and Performance Review Committee held in the Room 1, Level 26, 135 Albert St, Auckland on Tuesday, 1 December 2020 at 10.05am.

 

present

 

Chairperson

Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

Members

Cr Pippa Coom

 

 

Cr Alf Filipaina

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

From 10.11am, item C1

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

IMSB Chair David Taipari

 

Ex-officio

Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

ABSENT

 

 

Cr Josephine Bartley

 

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

 

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

IMSB Member Glenn Wilcox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Claire Denison

Kerridge and Partners

 

Jayne Atherton

Kerridge and Partners

 

Tim Scanlen

Kerridge and Partners

 

Renisa Paterson

Kerridge and Partners

 

 

 


Appointments and Performance Review Committee

01 December 2020

 

 

 

 

1          Apologies

  

Resolution number APR/2020/27

MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr A Filipaina:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         accept the apology from Cr C Darby for absence on council business.

CARRIED

Note:   Apologies were subsequently received from Cr J Bartley for absence on council business.

 

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number APR/2020/28

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

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 3 November 2020, including the confidential section, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

4          Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

6          Local Board Input

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 


 

 

 

8

Update on the 2020 Board Appointment Programme for Auckland Council's Council-Controlled Organisations

 

Resolution number APR/2020/29

MOVED by Cr C Fletcher, seconded by Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore:  

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

a)      note that a confidential report is included on today’s committee agenda that provide information to make decisions regarding:

i)       the appointment of two directors to Auckland Transport board

ii)      the appointment of the Panuku Development Auckland Limited board chair

iii)     shortlisting candidates to interview for the Watercare Services Limited director vacancy

iv)     agree the brief for a director vacancy on Auckland Unlimited, which includes a focus on arts and culture experience

b)      note that the confidential report contains personal information about candidates and should remain confidential.

CARRIED

 

  

 

9          Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.   

 

 

10        Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number APR/2020/30

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

That the Appointments and Performance Review Committee:

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

b)      Claire Denison, Jayne Atherton and Tim Scanlen from Kerridge & Partners be permitted to remain for Confidential Item C1 CONFIDENTIAL: B CONFIDENTIAL: 2020 Board Appointment Programme for Auckland Council's Council Controlled Organisations after the public has been excluded, because of their knowledge of candidate appointments, which will help the Appointments and Performance Review Committee 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: 2020 Board Appointment Programme for Auckland Council's Council Controlled Organisations

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 private information about the candidates being recommended as directors on Auckland's council-controlled organisations.

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

 

 

10.08 am         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.

 

 

11.16 am         The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

 

C1

CONFIDENTIAL: 2020 Board Appointment Programme for Auckland Council's Council Controlled Organisations

 

Resolution number APR/2020/31

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

f)       agree that the report, attachments and memo (to be forwarded) will always remain confidential due to the private information relating to individuals contained in the report.

g)      note that at the conclusion of the appointment process the decisions will be made publicly available.

 

  

 


 

 

11.18 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 Appointments and Performance Review Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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