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Resolution
number MR/2023/6
MOVED by Chairperson G Murphy, seconded by Member R
McLean:
That
the Manurewa Local Board:
a) approve
local consultation document content (Attachment A tabled at the meeting) and
local supporting information content (Attachment B tabled at the meeting) for
inclusion in the Annual Budget 2023/2024 consultation material
b) delegate
authority to the local board Chair to approve any changes required to
finalise the local consultation document and supporting information content
for the Manurewa Local Board for the Annual Budget 2023/2024
c) approve
the following Have Your Say event in the local board area during the Annual
Budget 2023/2024 consultation period:
i) A drop-in style
Have Your Say event on Saturday 4 March 2023 from 12pm – 4pm at the
Bilingual Hikoi Manurewatanga 2023 (Pitt Avenue, Clendon Reserve –
carpark end)
d) delegate
authority to the local board Chair to approve any changes required to the
Have Your Say event
e) delegate
to the following elected members and staff the power and responsibility to
receive feedback and hear from the public through “spoken (or New
Zealand sign language) interaction” at the council’s public
engagement events during the consultation period for the Annual Budget
2023/2024:
i) local
board members and Chair
ii) General
Manager Local Board Services, Local Area Manager, Local Board Senior Advisor,
Local Board Advisor, Local Board Engagement Advisor
iii) any additional staff approved by the General Manager
Local Board Services or the Group Chief Financial Officer
f)
note that the
proposed reduction of $16 million is to come from local board operational
funding not capital funding, and is expected to be identified from both the
local board’s Locally Driven Initiatives and Asset Based Services
budgets. Both these budgets directly support our local services such as arts
and culture, environment and climate response, facility services and opening
hours, community projects, grants, events and youth initiatives
g)
note that only a
small portion of Asset Based Services budget is available to be considered
for savings due to existing contractual commitments and the inability to
realise savings for financial year 2023/2024, meaning a potentially larger
impact on the board’s local discretionary budgets
h)
recognise that
Manurewa has a high population of vulnerable groups, and many of the
community organisations that support them are reliant on funding from the
board. It has been acknowledged through the Governance Framework Review that
Manurewa has been historically underfunded by Auckland Council. In fact, the
degree of underfunding of this board is twice that of the next most
underfunded board. This, is in spite of the fact that our community
experiences some of the highest levels of deprivation in Tāmaki Makaurau
i)
believe that any
good achieved through these savings would be disproportionate to the harm
caused by the reduction in funding. Expecting our communities to suffer from
a further reduction in funding is unjust and inequitable.
CARRIED
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