Kōmiti Tiaki Pūtea / Value for Money Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

 

 

Minutes of a meeting of the Value For Money Committee held remotely on Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 10.00amA recording of the meeting will be available on the Auckland Council website: https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/meetings-council-bodies/Pages/webcasts-council-meetings.aspx

 

present

 

Chairperson

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Tracy Mulholland

 

Members

Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

 

 

Cr Angela Dalton

 

 

Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

 

 

Cr Shane Henderson

 

 

IMSB Member Glenn Wilcox

 

 

Cr Paul Young

From 10.08am, Item 8

 

 

ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Cr Christine Fletcher

 

 

 


Value for Money Committee

17 February 2022

 

 

 

Note:   a roll-call was conducted that ascertained the following members were in attendance at the commencement of the meeting:

 

Cr Desley Simpson, JP

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Mayor Hon Phil Goff, CNZM, JP

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Cr Tracy Mulholland

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Cr Shane Henderson

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Deputy Mayor Cr Bill Cashmore

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IMSB Member Glenn Wilcox

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Cr Angela Dalton

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Cr Paul Young

 

 

 

 

1          Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

 

 

 

2          Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

3          Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number VFM/2022/1

MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson T Mulholland:  

That the Value for Money Committee:

a)         confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Thursday, 18 November 2021, 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

Group Shared Services - Feasibility phase

 

Cr P Young entered the meeting at 10.08 am.

 

A presentation was provided.  A copy is attached to the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Note:   changes were made to the original recommendation with new clauses b), c) and d) being added as Chairperson’s recommendations.

 

Resolution number VFM/2022/2

MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson T Mulholland:  

That the Value for Money Committee:

a)      receive the update report on the feasibility phase for Group Shared Services

b)      note that the Group Shared Services project is a group collaboration between Auckland Council, Auckland Transport, Eke Panuku, Watercare and Auckland Unlimited and responds to the recommendation from the 2020 review of council-controlled organisations to draw up a group policy on shared services

c)      note that the feasibility phase is the first stage of the Group Shared Services project which includes the baseline assessment and future state service delivery model design and analysis to be completed by the end of April 2022 with the full feasibility phase completed by end May 2022

d)      request the Group Shared Services feasibility phase recommendations and expected benefits be reported to the Value for Money Committee meeting in June 2022.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     17 February 2022, Value for Money Committee: Item 8 - Group Shared Services - Feasibility phase, presentation

 

 

 

9

Update on Council Benefits Management Improvement Work

 

Note:   a change was made to the original recommendation with new clause b) being added as a Chairperson’s recommendation.

 

Resolution number VFM/2022/3

MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson T Mulholland:  

That the Value for Money Committee:

a)      note the update provided on benefits management improvements underway at Auckland Council

b)      request the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office report back to the appropriate committee of the Governing Body in early 2023 on the completion of the benefit improvement actions, and the success and value the work programme has delivered.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Auckland Council savings progress for the period ended 31 December 2021

 

A presentation was provided.  A copy is attached to the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Resolution number VFM/2022/4

MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Mayor P Goff:  

That the Value for Money Committee:

a)      note the Auckland Council progress of $70.6 million (78.4 per cent) achieved towards the $90 million operating budget savings target for the 2021/2022 financial year, including $6.2 million achieved during the quarter ended 31 December 2021.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     17 February 2022, Value for Money Committee: Item 10 - Auckland Council savings progress for the period ended 31 December 2021, presentation

 

 

 

 

11

Summary of Value for Money Committee information memoranda and briefings (including the forward work programme) - 17 February 2021

 

Note:   a change was made to the original recommendation with new clause c) being added as a Chairperson’s recommendation.

 

Resolution number VFM/2022/5

MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson T Mulholland:  

That the Value for Money Committee:

a)      note the progress on the forward work programme appended as Attachment A of the agenda report

b)      receive the summary of information memoranda and briefings – 17 February 2022

c)      request that the forward work programme be amended to include a report for June 2022 on the value for money outcomes achieved by Auckland Council during the 2019-2022 electoral term.

CARRIED

 

 

 


 

 

12        Consideration of Extraordinary Items

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 

 

 

 

 

11.32 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 Value for Money Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

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