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Resolution
number MR/2023/136
MOVED by Chairperson G Murphy, seconded by Member A
Cunningham-Marino:
That
the Manurewa Local Board:
a) provide the following feedback on the current proposals
for addressing local board funding equity:
Scope of the proposal
b) tautoko
/ support locally driven initiatives (LDI) funding being included in the
scope for this analysis, in the light of increased local board
decision-making and 80:15:5 being adopted as the equitable model
c) tautoko
/ support limiting the scope of the local board funding equity project to
local community services and LDI funding
d) tautoko
/ support excluding the following items from the scope:
i) growth
funding
ii) funding
for discrete projects
iii) other
specific-purpose funds such as slips remediation and coastal renewals
iv) targeted
rate funding
v) other
local activities such as local environmental management, local planning and
development, and local governance
vi) most
unallocated budgets, with the possible exception of some minor capex for
response renewals and new non-growth investment
e) tautoko
/ support considering capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure
(OPEX) funding separately for achieving equity
d)
e)
f)
tono / request staff
investigate the possibility of moving funding between opex and capex budgets
depending on the needs of the community
Timeframe
g) tautoko
/ support seeking to achieve funding equity for local boards in a much
shorter timeframe (three years) than the 10–15-year period approved
in-principle in 2021, noting that this may mean a reduction in funding for
some local boards
h) tautoko
/ support taking a staged implementation approach of using year one of the
Long-term Plan (i.e., 2024-2025) to prepare, and implementing the changes
from year two
Alternative options
i) tautoko
/ support achieving equity by using a mix of new funding and reallocating
funding from local boards that are currently funded over the equitable
funding level to local boards that are funded below the equitable funding
level
j) tautoko
/ support holding new funding in the later seven years of LTP 2024-2034 in a
pool which is to be allocated to local boards according to agreed criteria,
which is yet to be developed, if getting most local boards to within 5% of
funding equity in 3 years is pursued
Multi-board services
k) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that the proposal for multi-board services needs
further investigation to better understand the implications for local boards
and the governance structure and that further advice will be brought to the
Joint Governance Working Party and local boards in due course
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)
tuhi ā-taipitopito
/ note complexity of the multi-board funding approach, and suggest that any
facility that services a large number of residents or visitors from outside a
local board area, be considered as part of a regional network to be funded
from regional budgets. Notwithstanding that, local boards that host regional
facilities should continue to have the opportunity to influence the
organisation and the governing body on decisions that impact local community
use. This principal should also apply to existing regional facility networks
e.g. regional parks
Additional feedback
m)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that
Auckland Council own a number of local community facility buildings that are
of significant heritage value (Category 1) to Auckland and New Zealand. The
intrinsic community value of heritage buildings appears to be missing in the
current proposals. Auckland Council’s heritage buildings not only need
to continue to be supported through the regional seismic remediation
programme but also through recognition that ongoing costs are also
higher
n)
tono / request advice on how
to ensure the equity of funding for local boards is enabled to ensure any
significant Auckland Council Heritage (Category 1) community service
facilities are maintained, renewed and operated in a way that preserves and
extends their use in the community
o)
tuhi
ā-taipitopito / note that this proposal does not recognise an historic
lack of maintenance and renewals work on facilities in Manurewa which the
local board requests is addressed as part of achieving equity across the
region. Local boards should not be expected to invest equity funding to
address historic under-investment.
CARRIED
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