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Whau Local
Board
16 June 2021
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Adoption of the Whau Local Board Agreement 2021/2022
File No.: CP2021/07491
Te take mō te
pūrongo
Purpose of the report
1. To adopt the local content for the 10-year Budget, which includes the Whau Local Board Agreement 2021/2022 and the
message from the Chair. It also includes a schedule setting out local board
advocacy for 2021/2022, which is already adopted.
2. To adopt a local fees and charges schedule for 2021/2022.
Whakarāpopototanga matua
Executive summary
3. Each
financial year, Auckland Council must have a local board agreement, as agreed between the Governing Body and the local board, for each local board
area.
4. From 22 February to 22 March 2021, council consulted on the proposed
10-year Budget 2021-2031. Local boards considered this feedback and then held
discussions with the Finance and Performance Committee on 12 May 2021 on
regional issues, community feedback, and key local board initiatives and
advocacy areas.
5. Local boards are now considering local content for the 10-year
Budget 2021-2031 which includes
a local board agreement, a message from the Chair, and local board advocacy, as
well as a local fees and charges schedule for 2021/2022.
6. On 29 June 2021, the Governing Body will meet to adopt Auckland
Council’s 10-year Budget 2021-2031, including 21 local board agreements.
Ngā tūtohunga
Recommendation/s
That the Whau Local Board:
a) adopt
the local content for the 10-year Budget, which includes the Whau Local Board Agreement 2021/2022 and the
message from the Chair (Attachment A).
b) note
that the Whau Local Board adopted its advocacy, also included in the local
content for the 10-year Budget, on 5 May 2021 (resolution number WH/2021/1).
c) adopt
a local fees and charges schedule for 2021/2022 (Attachment B).
d) delegate authority to the Chair to make any final changes to the
local content for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 (the Whau Local Board Agreement 2021/2022, message from the Chair, and local
board advocacy).
e) note that the resolutions of this meeting
will be reported back to the Governing Body when it meets to adopt the 10-year Budget 2021-2031, including each Local Board Agreement, on 29 June 2021.
Horopaki
Context
7. Local board plans are strategic documents that are developed every
three years to set a direction for local boards. Local board plans influence
and inform the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 which outlines priorities, budgets and
intended levels of service over a 10-year period. For
each financial year, Auckland Council must also have a local board agreement,
as agreed between the Governing Body and the local board, for each local board
area.
8. Throughout the development of the 10-year Budget 2021-2031, local
board Chairs (or delegated local board representatives) have had the
opportunity to attend Finance and Performance Committee workshops on key topics
and provide local board views on regional issues being considered as part of
the 10-year Budget 2021-2031.
9. From 22 February to 22 March 2021, the council consulted with the
public on the 10-year Budget 2018-2028. Two locally held events were held in
the Whau Local Board area to
engage with the community and seek feedback on both regional and local
proposals.
10. A report
analysing the feedback on local board priorities, as well as feedback from
those living in the local board area related to the regional issues, was
considered at the 5 May 2021 extraordinary business meeting of the Whau Local
Board.
11. Local boards considered this feedback and then held discussions with
the Finance and Performance Committee at a workshop on 12 May 2021 on regional
issues, community feedback, and key local board initiatives and advocacy areas.
Tātaritanga me ngā
tohutohu
Analysis and advice
12. Both staff and
the local board have reviewed the local feedback received as part of
consultation on 10-year Budget 2021-2031 and local boards have received a
report analysing the local feedback. It is now recommended that local boards
adopt local content for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 (Attachment A), including
the Local Board Agreement 2021/2022, the message from
the Chair, and local board advocacy, as well as a local
fees and charges schedule for 2021/2022 (Attachment B).
Tauākī whakaaweawe
āhuarangi
Climate impact statement
13. The decisions
recommended in this report are procedural in nature and will not have any
climate impacts themselves.
14. Some of the
proposed projects in the Local Board Agreement may have climate impacts. The
climate impacts of any projects Auckland Council chooses to progress with will
be assessed as part of the relevant reporting requirements.
15. Some of the
proposed projects in the Local Board Agreement will be specifically designed to
mitigate climate impact, build resilience to climate
impacts and restore the natural environment.
Ngā whakaaweawe me
ngā tirohanga a te rōpū Kaunihera
Council group impacts and
views
16. Local boards
worked with council departments to develop their local board work programmes
for 2021/2022 that will be adopted at June business meetings. The local board
work programmes help inform the local board agreements.
Ngā whakaaweawe
ā-rohe me ngā tirohanga a te poari ā-rohe
Local impacts and local board
views
17. This report seeks local board adoption of its content for the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 and other associated material, including
the Local Board Agreement 2021/2022.
Tauākī whakaaweawe
Māori
Māori impact statement
18. Many local board decisions are of importance to and impact on Māori. Local board agreements and the
10-year Budget are important tools that enable and can demonstrate
council’s responsiveness to Māori.
19. Local board plans, which were developed in 2020 through engagement
with the community including Māori, form the basis of local priorities. There is a need to continue to build relationships between local boards
and iwi and, where relevant, the wider Māori community.
20. Of those who submitted to the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 from the Whau Local Board area 7 per cent identified as Māori.
21. One mana whenua
entity, Ngati Tamaterā, made a submission on the
Whau Local Board’s consultation content.
22. A mataawaka engagement event focused on the three western local
board areas was held (electronically due to COVID-19 restrictions) on 8 March
2021. Elected members were invited to attend and hear feedback verbally.
23. Ongoing conversations will assist local boards and Māori to
understand each other’s priorities and issues. This in turn can influence
and encourage Māori participation in council’s decision-making
processes.
Ngā ritenga
ā-pūtea
Financial implications
24. The local board agreement includes the allocation of locally driven initiatives (LDI) funding
and asset based services (ABS) funding to projects and services for the
2021/2022 financial year.
25. LDI funding is
discretionary funding allocated to local boards based on the Local Board
Funding Policy (included in the 10-year Budget), which local boards can spend
on priorities for their communities. Local boards can also utilise LDI funding
to increase local levels of service if they wish to do so.
26. Funding for ABS is allocated by the Governing Body to local boards
based on current levels of service to run and maintain local assets and
services including parks, pools and recreation facilities, community
facilities, and libraries.
27. A local fees and charges schedule for 2021/2022 is adopted alongside
of the Local Board Agreement 2021/2022. The fees and charges have been formulated based on region-wide
baseline service levels and revenue targets. Where fees and charges are amended
by a local board that results in lower revenue for the council, the shortfall
will need to be made up by either allocating LDI funds or reducing expenditure
on other services to balance overall budgets.
Ngā raru tūpono me
ngā whakamaurutanga
Risks and mitigations
28. Decisions on the local content of the
10-year Budget 2021-2031,
including the Local Board Agreement 2021/2022 and a local fees and charges
schedule for 2021/2022, are required by 17 June 2021 to ensure the Governing Body can adopt the final
10-year Budget 2021-2031, including each Local Board
Agreement, at its 29 June 2021 meeting.
Ngā koringa ā-muri
Next steps
29. The resolutions of this meeting will be reported to the
Governing Body on 29 June 2021 when it meets to adopt the 10-year Budget
2021-2031, including 21 local
board agreements.
30. It is possible that minor changes may need to be made to the
attachments before the 10-year Budget 2021-2031 is adopted, such as correction of any errors identified and minor
wording changes. Staff therefore recommend that the local board delegates
authority to the Chair to make any final changes if necessary.
31. Local board agreements set the priorities and budget envelopes for
each financial year. Work programmes then detail the activities that will be
delivered within those budget envelopes. Work programmes will be agreed between
local boards and operational departments at business meetings in June 2021.
Ngā tāpirihanga
Attachments
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No.
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Title
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Page
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a⇩
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Local content to support the 10-year
Budget 2021-2031:
• Local
Board Agreement 2021/2022
• Message
from the Chair
• Local
board advocacy
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11
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b⇩
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Local fees and charges schedule
2021/2022
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25
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Ngā kaihaina
Signatories
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Author
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Francis Martin – Advisor Plans
and Programmes – Local Board Services
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Authorisers
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Louise Mason – General Manager
Local Board Services
Adam Milina – Local Area
Manager
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