Komiti mō te Tahua Pūtea / Budget Committee Workshop – Annual Plan 2025/2026  – Local board input into the mayoral proposal

OPEN NOTES

Notes of a Budget Committee Workshop held in Room 1, Level 26, Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Wednesday, 27 November 2024 at 9.15am.

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

Chairperson	Cr Greg Sayers
Deputy Chairperson	Cr Shane Henderson
Members	Cr Andrew Baker
	Cr Josephine Bartley
	Mayor Wayne Brown
	Cr Chris Darby	Via electronic link
	Cr Julie Fairey
	Cr Alf Filipaina, MNZM	Via electronic link
	Cr Christine Fletcher, QSO	Via electronic link
	Cr Lotu Fuli	Via electronic link
	Cr Richard Hills
	Cr Kerrin Leoni	Via electronic link
	Cr Daniel Newman, JP	Via electronic link
	Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, JP
	Cr Sharon Stewart, QSM	Via electronic link
	Houkura Chair David Taipari	Via electronic link
	Cr Ken Turner
	Cr Wayne Walker	Via electronic link
	Cr John Watson	Via electronic link
	Cr Maurice Williamson	Via electronic link

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

Members	Cr Angela Dalton
	Houkura Member Tony Kake, MNZM
	Cr Mike Lee

Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO PRESENT

	Kendyl Smith	Chair, Albert-Eden Local Board
	Toni Van Tonder	Chair, Devonport - Takapuna Local Board
	Angela Fulljames	Chair, Franklin Local Board
	Izzy Fordham	Chair, Great Barrier Local Board
	Chris Carter	Chair, Henderson - Massey Local Board
	Alexis Poppelbaum	Chair, Hibiscus and Bays Local Board
	Bo Burns	Deputy Chair, Howick Local Board
Via electronic link	John Gillon	Chair, Kaipātiki Local Board
Via electronic link	Tauanu'u Bakulich	Chair, Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board
	Matt Winiata	Chair, Manurewa Local Board Member
	Maria Meredith	Chair, Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board
	Scott Milne	Chair, Ōrākei Local Board
	Apulu Reece Autagavaia	Chair, Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
	Brent Catchpole	Chair, Papakura Local Board
	Ella Kumar	Chair, Puketāpapa Local Board
	Brent Bailey	Chair, Rodney Local Board
	Anna Atkinson	Chair, Upper Harbour Local Board
	Cath Handley	Chair, Waiheke Local Board
	Greg Presland	Chair, Waitākere Ranges Local Board
	Genevieve Sage	Chair, Waitematā Local Board
	Kay Thomas	Chair, Whau Local Board

Budget Committee Workshop 27 November 2024

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

Apologies were noted from:

Absence
Cr A Dalton
Cr M Lee – on council business

Lateness
Deputy Mayor D Simpson – on council business.

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

Members are reminded of the need to be vigilant to stand aside from decision making when a conflict arises between their role as a member and any private or other external interest they might have.

There were no declarations of interest.

3	Annual Plan 2025/2026  – Local board input into the mayoral proposal

Item

Annual Plan 2025/2026 – Local board input into the mayoral proposal

Local Board, Presenter

Chair Greg Sayers provided an introduction.

Each local board had 10 minutes to present and answer questions.

Each local board provided a presentation.  A combined version is attached to the notes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a notes attachment.

Whau Local Board, Chair Kay Thomas

Cr W Walker joined the workshop at 9.25am.
Cr S Sharon joined the workshop at 9.25am.
Houkura Chair D Taipari joined the workshop at 9.26am.

Waiheke Local Board, Chair Cath Handley

Deputy Mayor D Simpson entered the workshop at 9.29am.
Cr C Fletcher entered the workshop in person at 9.34am.

Rodney Local Board, Chair Brent Bailey

Cr C Darby joined the workshop at 9.37am.

Papakura Local Board, Chair Brent Catchpole

Franklin Local Board, Chair Angela Fulljames

Manurewa Local Board, Chair Matt Winiata

Cr K Turner entered the workshop in person at 10.22am.

Howick Local Board, Deputy Chair Bo Burns

Mayor W Brown left the workshop at 10.29am.
Cr S Henderson left the workshop at 10.29am.
Cr C Fletcher left the workshop at 10.29am.

Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board, Chair Tauanu’u Bakulich

Mayor W Brown returned to the workshop at 10.33am.
Cr S Henderson returned to the the workshop at 10.34am.
Cr C Fletcher returned to the workshop at 10.35am.

Local Board, Presenter

Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board, Chair Apulu Reece Autagavaia

Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board, Chair Izzy Fordham

Cr W Walker entered the workshop in person at 10.53am.

Albert-Eden Local Board, Chair Kendyl Smith

Cr J Bartley entered the workshop in person at 11.02am.
Cr S Henderson left the workshop at 11.07am.

Puketāpapa Local Board, Chair Ella Kumar

Cr S Henderson returned to the the workshop at 11.15am.

Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board, Chair Maria Meredith

The workshop adjourned at 11.30am and reconvened at 11.41am.

Crs A Baker, J Bartley, C Fletcher, W Walker and W Watson were not present.

Ōrākei Local Board, Chair Scott Milne

Cr C Fletcher returned to the workshop at 11.44am.
Cr J Watson entered the workshop at 11.50am.

Waitematā Local Board, Chair Genevieve Sage

Cr W Walker returned to the workshop at 11.54am.
Cr A Baker returned to the workshop at 11.56am.

Waitākere Ranges Local Board, Chair Greg Presland

Cr J Bartley returned to the workshop at 12.06pm.
Cr J Fairey left the workshop at 12.08pm.

Henderson-Massey Local Board, Chair Chris Carter

Cr J Fairey returned to the workshop at 12.17pm.

Kaipātiki Local Board, Chair John Gillon

Cr C Fletcher left the workshop at 12.28pm.
Cr K Turner left the workshop at 12.28pm.

Devonport-Takapuna Local Board, Chair Toni Van Tonder

Cr C Fletcher returned to the workshop online at 12.42pm.

Hibiscus & Bays Local Board, Chair Alexis Poppelbaum

Upper Harbour Local Board, Chair Anna Atkinson

Attachments

a     27 November 2024, Budget Committee, Item 3 - Annual Plan 2025/2026  – Local board input into the mayoral proposal, all local board presentations

The workshop concluded at 1.10pm.