Howick Local Board

OPEN MINUTES

Minutes of a meeting of the Howick Local Board held in the Howick Local Board Meeting Room, Pakuranga Library Complex, 7 Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga on Thursday, 30 November 2023 at 2.30pm.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Damian Light
Deputy Chairperson	Bo Burns
Members	Katrina Bungard
	David Collings	Via electronic link
	Bruce Kendall
	John Spiller
	Mike Turinsky
	Adele White
	Peter Young, JP

Howick Local Board 30 November 2023

1          Nau mai | Welcome

The Chair opened the meeting and welcomed everyone present.

2          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

There were no apologies.

3          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

There were no declarations of interest.

4	10-year Budget 2024-2034 - local consultation content
	Resolution number HW/2023/230 MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Deputy Chairperson B Burns: That the Howick Local Board: a)      whakaae / approve local consultation document content (Attachment A) and local supporting information content (Attachment B) for inclusion in the 10-year Budget 2024-2034 consultation material. b)      tautapa / delegate authority to the local board Chair to approve any changes required to finalise the local consultation document and supporting information content for the Howick Local Board for the 10-year Budget 2024-2034.  c)      whakaae / approve the following Have Your Say event in the local board area during the 10-year Budget 2024-2034 consultation period: i)       Community event – stall at Kiwi Anthems: Sunday 10 March 2024 at Lloyd Elsmore Park (1:00pm to 4:30pm) d)      tautapa / delegate authority to the local board Chair to approve any changes required to the Have Your Say event. e)      tautapa / delegate to the following elected members and staff the power and responsibility to hear from the public through “spoken (or New Zealand sign language) interaction” in relation to the local board agreement at the council’s public engagement events during the consultation period for the 10-year Budget 2024-2034: 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. CARRIED
	Ian Milnes – Senior Local Board Advisor and Tracey Freeman – Local Board Engagement Advisor were in attendance to speak to this item.

5          Te Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i te Marea | Procedural motion to exclude the public

Resolution number HW/2023/231

MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Member A White:

That the Howick Local Board:

a)      whakaae / agree to 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       10-year Budget 2024-2034 – Local Board input on regional consultation content

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter	Particular interest(s) protected (where applicable)	Ground(s) under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
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.	s7(2)(c)(i) - 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 prejudice the supply of similar information or information from the same source and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied. In particular, the report contains information from confidential Budget Committee workshops that has not yet been released. This information will become public when the Mayoral Proposal is released (planned to be release on 4 December 2023).	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.

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

2.33pm            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.

2.39pm            The public was re-admitted.

restatementS

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

C1	10-year Budget 2024-2034 – Local Board input on regional consultation content
	Resolution number HW/2023/233 MOVED by Chairperson D Light, seconded by Member A White: That the Howick Local Board: k) whakaee / agree there be no restatement of the report, attachments and resolution until the reasons for confidentiality no longer exist. CARRIED

2.42 pm                                              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 Howick Local Board HELD ON

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