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Resolution
number HM/2023/83
MOVED by Member W Flavell, seconded by Member I Papau:
That
the Henderson-Massey Local Board:
a)
tautoko / support
the work being done to bring local boards to funding equity.
b)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note and thank the Governing Body for its decisions of
28 October 2021 (GB/2021/137 and GB/2021/138), namely to:
i)
increase local
board decision-making responsibilities to all local community services with
the funding envelope allocated to each local board, including decisions on
local service assets.
ii) achieve funding equity for most local boards
within a 10-year timeframe and all local boards within a 15-year timeframe by
prioritising Long-term Plan outer year funding for growth and future renewals
to local boards with the largest funding gaps.
iii) ensure that no local board would lose funding
as part of the move to equity.
c)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note our concerns about reviewing the 2021 Governing
Body decision regarding local board funding equity, that had been arrived at
through extensive consultation with local boards, and considers that the
focus appears to be on reallocating funding rather than establishing what the
equity of community service provision looks like across Auckland and how
council and partners respond to them in a planned and considered way.
d)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note our concerns that the local board funding equity
proposal has not clearly articulated what the minimum core service levels are
expected to be across local communities for the entire Auckland area.
e)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note our concerns about reviewing the 2021 Governing
Body decision regarding local board funding equity, that had been arrived at
through extensive consultation with local boards.
f)
tono / request
advice on the rationale for reviewing the decisions of the Governing Body around
how local board funding equity is achieved, funded and transition progressed.
g)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that local boards are being asked for feedback on
new options for transitioning local boards to funding equity without the
advice or rationale noted in resolution f) and note its concerns that if the
local board does not provide feedback on the new proposed options at this
time, it will miss the opportunity to represent its community on this vitally
important matter.
h)
tautoko / support
option 3, the transition approach to funding equity using a combination of
reallocation of funds and new funding.
i)
whakarite / provide
the following feedback on the proposed changes to the scope of the Governance
Framework Review with respect to funding equity:
i)
tautoko / support
locally driven initiatives (LDI) funding being included in the scope of the
local board funding equity project for this analysis, in light of increased
local board decision-making and 80:15:5 distribution model being adopted as
the equitable model.
ii) tono / request clearer and more detailed
information on growth funding, specifically the total amount of development
contributions paid within the Henderson-Massey local board area.
iii) tautoko / support the proposal to exclude
growth funding from the scope of the Governance Framework Review.
iv) tono / request that work is undertaken to
provide advice and options for using future growth and renewals funding to
move local boards to equity over time.
v) tautoko / support excluding funding for
discrete projects and specific-purpose funds from the scope of the local
board funding equity project, such as local environmental management.
vi) tautoko / support the combining of Asset Based
Funding (ABS) and Locally Delivered Initiatives (LDI) funding.
vii) tautoko / support that unallocated budgets are
excluded from the scope of the Governance Framework Review.
viii) tautoko / support the move to remove budget
classifications from the model.
j)
whakarite / provide
the following feedback on the proposed timeline of achieving equity:
i)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note staff advice that there is no new or unallocated
funding available to transition local boards to funding equity and strongly calls
on the Governing Body to approve a combination of using new funding and
reallocation of funds to transition local boards to equitable levels of
funding.
ii) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note our concern of
increasing rates as a means to achieve funding equity due to the impact that
a further rates rise will have on our community.
iii) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the desire to
move towards funding equity for local boards within a three-year period but
acknowledge that previous decision making indicated that due to
practicalities, a 10-15 year time frame is more realistic to achieve funding
equity.
k)
whakarite / provide
the following feedback on alternative options to achieve local board funding
equity:
i)
tautoko / support options to redistribute existing local
board funding (both capital and operational) between local boards to achieve
funding equity in combination with new funding, and note this is not in line
with the Governing Body decisions of 28 October 2021.
ii) tono / request that staff investigate the
potential for local boards to set local rates under their increased
decision-making role.
iii) oppose the proposal to continue the transition
approach in the 2027-2037 LTP by keeping new capital expenditure in a pool
where local boards can “apply” as this does not respect local
boards as decision-makers and requires them to compete for funding. Any new
capital expenditure funding should be distributed equitably between all
boards rather than provided on an applications basis.
l)
whakarite / provide
the following feedback on multi-board services:
i)
tautoko / support
the proposal for the delivery of multi-board services through a hybrid
funding model.
ii) tono / request that further data be obtained
regarding usage of multi-board services to determine allocation between
boards.
iii) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the
Henderson-Massey Local Board has a number of assets that service a wider
catchment outside of their local board area, so appreciate the impact that
this will have in terms of funding equity of multi-board assets.
iv) me mārama / acknowledge the need for more
assets, such as a public aquatic centre, in areas subject to growth in the
North West, including Redhills.
v) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note its concern
around advice to local boards that many council services can be delivered
more efficiently and cost-effectively through non-assets-based solutions but
this has yet to be proven or tested and further note that optimisation
proposals and projects have
been proposed for many years to deliver better outcomes for the community,
but none have been delivered.
m)
whakarite / provide
the following feedback on the Mayor's statement released on 21 July 2023:
i)
recommend that the
Governing Body prioritise ‘The Review into the Future for Local
Government’ report recommendations.
ii)
do not agree with
significantly reducing the number of local boards.
iii)
note the need for
local boards to remain genuinely local and in touch with their communities.
CARRIED
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