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Value for
Money Committee
16 June 2022
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Note: a roll-call was conducted that ascertained the
following members were in attendance at the commencement of the meeting:
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Member
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Member
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Cr D Simpson
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Mayor P Goff
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Cr T Mulholland
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Cr S Henderson
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Deputy Mayor B Cashmore
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IMSB Member G Wilcox
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Cr A Dalton
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Cr P Young
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1 Apologies
2 Declaration
of Interest
There were no
declarations of interest.
3 Confirmation
of Minutes
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.
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8
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Auckland Council savings progress for the period
ended 31 May 2022
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A presentation was provided. A copy
is attached to the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council
website as a minutes attachment.
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Cr P Young
entered the meeting at 10.05am.
Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore entered the meeting at 10.08am.
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation under clause a), and by adding new clause
b), as a Chair’s recommendation.
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Resolution
number VFM/2022/8
MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson T Mulholland:
That
the Value for Money Committee:
a) note
that Auckland Council has exceeded the
$90 million operating budget savings target for the 2021/2022 financial year,
with $90.7 million
(100.8 per cent) achieved at 31 May.
b) note that approximately $52 million
of savings has already been achieved towards the Auckland Council savings
target of $90 million for 2022/2023.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 16 June 2022, Value for Money Committee: Item 8 -
Auckland Council savings progress for the period ended 31 May 2022,
presentation
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Value for Money End of Council Term Report
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Note: changes
were made to the original recommendation by adding new clauses b), c) and d),
as a Chair’s recommendation.
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Resolution
number VFM/2022/9
MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by Deputy
Chairperson T Mulholland:
That
the Value for Money Committee:
a) receive
the update on value for money work undertaken during the 2019-2022 Auckland
Council term.
b) note since the formation of Auckland
Council in 2010, cumulative operating savings of $2.4 billion have been
realised.
c) note the key highlights of the Value
for Money Committee since its formation at the start of this electoral term
(2019-2022) include:
i) operating savings
and efficiency achievements of $259.7 million to 31 May 2022
ii) group procurement
savings of $96 million to February 2022
iii) $92 million achieved from
asset recycling providing council with an efficient use of capital and
prioritisation of funds to achieve its planned activities and projects in the
Recovery Budget 2021-2031.
d) note financial benefits achieved
through value for money activity during the 2019-2022 electoral term
currently total $447.7 million.
CARRIED
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12 Consideration
of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
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13 Procedural
motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number VFM/2022/12
MOVED by Chairperson D Simpson, seconded by
Deputy Chairperson T Mulholland:
That the Value for Money Committee:
a) exclude
the public from the following part(s) of the proceedings of this meeting.
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:
Group Shared Services update
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Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter
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Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)
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Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this
resolution
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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.
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s7(2)(c)(ii)
- The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information
which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has
been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment,
where the making available of the information would be likely to damage the
public interest.
s7(2)(i)
- The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local
authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations
(including commercial and industrial negotiations).
In
particular, the report contains employee information that has been provided
in confidence and disclosure at this stage would be likely to impact
similar information being provided in the future. The information that
supports this report may disadvantage negotiations which may flow from
future decisions on this matter.
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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.
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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
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Deputy Mayor BC Cashmore retired from
the meeting at 10.41am.
10.41pm 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.
11.50am The
public was re-admitted.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
11.50 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
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:.......................................................
