I hereby give notice that an extraordinary meeting of the Performance and Appointments Committee will be held on:

 

Date:

Time:

Meeting Room:

Venue:

 

Friday, 11 October 2024

11.00am

Room 1, Level 26
Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House
135 Albert Street
Auckland

 

Komiti mō ngā Kopounga me Te Kounga o ngā Mahi / Performance and Appointments Committee

 

OPEN AGENDA

 

 

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

Chairperson

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Mike Lee

 

Members

Mayor Wayne Brown

 

 

Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO

 

 

Cr Lotu Fuli

 

 

Cr Richard Hills

 

 

Cr Greg Sayers

 

 

Cr John Watson

 

 

Cr Maurice Williamson

 

Ex-officio

Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, JP

 

 

Houkura Chair David Taipari

 

 

(Quorum 5 members)

 

 

Sonja Tomovska

Kaitohutohu Mana Whakahaere Matua / Senior Governance Advisor

 

8 October 2024

 

Contact Telephone: +64 09 890 8022

Email: sonja.tomovska@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

 

 


Performance and Appointments Committee

11 October 2024

 

ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS            PAGE

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies                                                   5

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest                                                               5

3          Ngā Petihana | Petitions                                       5  

4          Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input                 5

5          Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local Board Input                                                            5

6          Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business     5

7          Process to appoint the Watercare Services Limited chair                                                         7

8          Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e Autaia ana | Consideration of Extraordinary Items

PUBLIC EXCLUDED

9          Te Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i te Marea | Procedural Motion to Exclude the Public                                                 9

C1       CONFIDENTIAL: Appointment of the Watercare Services chair (Covering report)                         9

 


1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

 

 

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

 

 

3          Ngā Petihana | Petitions

 

There is no petitions section.

 

 

4          Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input

 

There is no public input section.

 

 

5          Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local Board Input

 

There is no local board input section.

 

 

6          Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business

 

 


Performance and Appointments Committee

11 October 2024

 

Process to appoint the Watercare Services Limited chair

File No.: CP2024/15387

 

  

 

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To set out information regarding the process to appoint the Watercare Services Limited (Watercare) board chair, which is to be considered in the confidential part of this meeting.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       The High Court’s decision in Houkura v Auckland Council dated 11 September 2024 set aside council’s appointment of Mr Hunt as Watercare board chair [PACCC/2024/48]. As a result, Watercare does not currently have a board chair and the Committee is required to make a fresh appointment decision.

3.       On 24 September 2024, the Performance and Appointments Committee (the Committee) agreed a process to make a fresh appointment decision for the Watercare board chair [PACCC/2024/83].  The Committee agreed the following process:

·    the Committee considers whether knowledge of tikanga Māori is relevant to the governance of Watercare and to the role of chair, and approves specific selection criteria for the Watercare board chair;

·    the selection panel reconsiders the long-list of candidates for the vacancy and makes a fresh recommendation on the short-list of candidates, in light of the criteria in the Appointment and Remuneration Policy for Board Members of Council Organisations (the Policy) and the approved specific selection criteria for the Watercare board chair;

·    the short-list is approved by the chair and deputy chair of the Committee and chair of Houkura Independent Māori Statutory Board;

·    the selection panel obtains further information about the short-listed candidates’ knowledge of tikanga Māori and ability to lead Watercare’s relationship with iwi; and

·    the selection panel makes a fresh appointment recommendation. 

4.       This process has now occurred, and the Committee must make a fresh appointment decision.

5.       The decision to appoint the Watercare board chair is to be considered in the confidential part of this meeting as the report contains personal information about the short-listed candidates for the Watercare board chair role, and withholding the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons. Following the decision, the appointment will be made public.

 

Ngā tūtohunga

Recommendation/s

That the Performance and Appointments Committee:

a)          tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the information about the fresh appointment process for the Watercare board chair in this report and that a report on the confidential agenda seeks a decision to appoint the chair of the Watercare board.

 


 

 

Ngā tāpirihanga

Attachments

There are no attachments for this report.     

Ngā kaihaina

Signatories

Author

James Stephens - Senior Advisor

Authorisers

Alastair Cameron - Manager CCO/External Partnerships team

Anna Bray - General Manager Group Strategy, Transformation and Partnerships

Phil Wilson - Chief Executive

 

 


Performance and Appointments Committee

11 October 2024

 

Exclusion of the Public: Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

That the Performance and Appointments Committee

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       CONFIDENTIAL: Appointment of the Watercare Services chair (Covering report)

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)(a) - The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person.

In particular, the report contains the report contains personal information regarding candidates for the Watercare Services chair

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.