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Resolution
number GB/2021/56
MOVED by Mayor P Goff, seconded by Cr A Dalton:
That
the Governing Body:
a) receive
the feedback from local boards as contained in Attachments C and D of the
agenda report.
b) amend
clause 3 of the covering document to:
i) add
“ or offensive” to bullet point 3
ii) amend
bullet point 5 to read “undermining the role of other elected
members”
iii) add
a new bullet point to read “publicly criticising staff or calling
into question their professionalism or integrity”
c) adopt
the covering document (not including attachments) as the Auckland Council
Elected Members Code of Conduct, as contained in Attachment A of the agenda
report, which includes:
i) principles
that guide conduct
ii) a
definition of material breaches of the Code
iii)
the complaints procedure
d) amend
the “Working with staff policy” so that in clause 3.3 the bullet
which reads:
“not publicly
criticise any employee in any way, but especially in ways that reflect on the
competence and integrity of the employee or otherwise undermine their
work”
is changed to read:
“avoid
disagreements over policies or proposals becoming a personal criticism of any
employee in ways that reflect on the competence and integrity of the
employee, and avoid public criticism of individual employees”
and, adopt the following in
Attachment B of the agenda report as attachments to the Auckland Council
Elected Members Code of Conduct under which a complaint can specifically be
made:
i) Conflict
of interest policy
ii) Confidential
information – policy and protocol
iii) Working
with staff policy
e) adopt
the following in Attachment B, of the agenda report, as attachments to the
Auckland Council Elected Members Code of Conduct which give further policy and guidance
relating to the conduct of elected members:
i) Election
year policy
ii) Communications
policy
iii) Media
protocols
iv) Social
media guidelines
v) Governance
roles and responsibilities
vi) Legislation
relevant to the conduct of members
f) note
that the Expense policy (which is included in attachments to the Code) is
adopted separately as part of the process set by the Remuneration Authority
g) recommend
to the incoming Governing Body (following the 2022 elections) that it assess
the operation of the Auckland Council Elected Members Code of Conduct
h) agree
that the newly adopted Auckland Council Elected Members Code of Conduct
commence on 1 June 2021
i) appoint
as Conduct Commissioners those members of the current Conduct Review
Independent Panel who have confirmed their availability:
i) Professor
Ron Paterson
ii) Derek
Firth
iii) David
McGregor
j) note
that a further report will be presented for the Governing Body to agree
additional Conduct Commissioners who are appropriately qualified and who
represent the diversity of Auckland
k) delegate to the Audit
and Risk Committee the power to suspend a member from committees or other representative bodies to which they have been appointed following a
determination by a Conduct Commissioner
l) authorise
the Manager Governance Services and the Mayor, in finalising the document, to
make minor amendments for the purpose of improving grammar or presentation or
for clarifying meaning or for updating attachments that are amended by
Governing Body resolution (such as the Expense policy).
CARRIED
UNANIMOUSLY
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