Komiti mō te Whakahaere Tikanga me te Aro ki te Pae Tawhiti mō ngā Whakahaere ka Whakahaerehia e te Kaunihera /

Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee

 

OPEN MINUTES

 

Minutes of a meeting of the CCO Direction and Oversight Committee held in the Room 1, Level 26, Te Wharau o Tāmaki - Auckland House, 135 Albert Street, Auckland on Tuesday, 11 March 2025 at 10.02am. A recording of the meeting is available here:

https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/about-auckland-council/how-auckland-council-works/meetings-council-bodies/Pages/webcasts-council-meetings.aspx

Te Hunga kua Tae mai | present

 

Chairperson

Cr Shane Henderson

 

Deputy Chairperson

Cr Kerrin Leoni

 

Members

Cr Josephine Bartley

From 10.10am

 

Houkura Member Ngarimu Blair

 

 

Cr Chris Darby

Via electronic link,

From 10.05am

 

Houkura Member Hon Tau Henare

Until 12.55pm

 

Cr Richard Hills

From 10.03am

 

Cr Daniel Newman, JP

From 10.22am

 

Cr Ken Turner

 

 

Cr Wayne Walker

From 10.05am

 

Cr John Watson

Via electronic link,

From 10.05am

Ex-Officio

Mayor Wayne Brown

 

 

Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson, JP

Until 12.55pm

 

Te Hunga Kāore i Tae Mai | ABSENT

 

 

Cr Angela Dalton

 

 

Te Hunga Āpiti kua Tae mai | ALSO PRESENT

 

 

Councillor C Fletcher

 

 

Councillor J Fairey

 

 


 

He Hunga atu anō i Tae mai | IN ATTENDANCE

 

 

Watercare

 

 

Geoff Hunt

Board Chair

 

Dave Chambers

Chief Executive

 

Jamie Sinclair

Deputy Chief Executive

 

Priyan Perera

Chief Strategy and Planning Office

 


Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee

11 March 2025

 

 

 

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/8

MOVED by Deputy Mayor D Simpson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)          whakaae / accept the apology from:

 

Absence

Councillor A Dalton

Lateness

Councillor J Watson

Councillor J Bartley

CARRIED

Electronic Attendance

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/9

MOVED by Deputy Mayor D Simpson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)          whakaae / approve electronic attendance under standing order 3.3.3 for:

·       Councillor C Darby (SO 3.3.3 a))

·       Councillor J Watson (SO 3.3.3 b))

CARRIED

 

 

 

 

2          Te Whakapuaki i te Whai Pānga | Declaration of Interest

 

There were no declarations of interest.

 

 

 

3          Te Whakaū i ngā Āmiki | Confirmation of Minutes

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/10

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)          whakaū / confirm the ordinary minutes of its meeting, held on Tuesday, 11 February 2025, as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

 

 

 

4          Ngā Petihana | Petitions

 

There were no petitions.

 

 

5          Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public Input

 

There was no public input.

 

 

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

 

There was no local board input.

 

 

7          Ngā Pakihi Autaia | Extraordinary Business

 

There was no extraordinary business.

 

 

Cr R Hills entered the meeting at 10.03am.

 

 

 

8

Watercare Performance Update

 

Geoff Hunt, Board Chair Watercare, Dave Chambers, Chief Executive Watercare, Jamie Sinclair, Deputy Chief Executive Watercare and Priyan Perera, Chief Strategy and Planning Officer Watercare were in attendance

 

A PowerPoint presentation was given.  A copy has been placed on the official minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes attachment.

 

Cr C Darby joined the meeting at 10.05am.

Cr J Watson joined the meeting at 10.05am.

Cr W Walker entered the meeting at 10.05am.

Cr J Bartley entered the meeting at 10.10am.

Cr R Hills left the meeting at 10.15am.

Cr D Newman entered the meeting at 10.22am.

Cr R Hills returned to the meeting at 11.26am.

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/11

MOVED by Cr K Turner, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the update from Watercare on year-to-date performance for 2024/2025 and future outlook.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     11 March 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 8 - Watercare Performance Update, presentation

 


 

9

Quarter two performance reports 2024/2025 for substantive council controlled organisations and Port of Auckland Limited

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/12

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the 2024/2025 second quarter reports of the substantive council-controlled organisations and Port of Auckland Limited, provided as attachments A to D of the agenda report.

CARRIED

 

 

10

Lead Councillor CCO updates

 

Cr D Newman retired from the meeting at 12.52pm.

 

Documents were tabled in support of the item.  Copies have been placed on the official minutes and are available on the Auckland Council website as minutes attachments.

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/13

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni, seconded by Houkura Member T Henare:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the verbal updates from the Lead Councillors.

CARRIED

 

Attachments

a     11 March 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 10 - Lead Councillor CCO Update, Eke Panuku Update

b     11 March 2025, Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee, Item 10 - Lead Councillor CCO Update, Tātaki Auckland Unlimited Update

 

 

11

Summary of Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee information memoranda and briefings (including the forward work programme) – 11 March 2025

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/14

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Cr K Turner:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the progress on the forward work programme appended as Attachment A of the agenda report

b)      whiwhi / receive the Summary of Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee information memoranda and briefings – 11 March 2025.

CARRIED

 

 

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

 

There was no consideration of extraordinary items.

 


 

 

 

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

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/15

MOVED by Chairperson S Henderson, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight 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: Referred from the Audit and Risk Committee - Council-Controlled Organisations' Quarterly Risk Update - December 2024

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 risk reporting and detailed top risks confidential to the substantive council-controlled organsiations' boards or Audit and Risk Committees. The substantive council-controlled organisations have provided their risk reports for council's Audit and Risk Committee subject to confidentiality.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C2       CONFIDENTIAL: Lead Councillor CCO updates

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)(h) - The withholding of the information is necessary to enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

In particular, the report contains information that could prejudice Watercare's position with potential stakeholders.

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

 

Member T Henare retired from the meeting at 12.55pm

Deputy Mayor D Simpson retired from the meeting at 12.55pm

 

12.55pm          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.

 

1.01pm            The public was re-admitted.

 

 

restatementS

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

C1

CONFIDENTIAL: Referred from the Audit and Risk Committee - Council-Controlled Organisations' Quarterly Risk Update - December 2024

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/8

MOVED by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni, seconded by Houkura Member N Blair:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note the CONFIDENTIAL: Council-Controlled Organisations’ Quarterly Risk Update – December 2024 report referred by the Audit and Risk Committee.

b)      whakaae / agree that the decisions be released in the open minutes, but the report and its attachments (Attachment A of the confidential agenda report) remain confidential.

 


 

 

C2

CONFIDENTIAL: Lead Councillor CCO updates

 

Resolution number CDOCC/2025/9

MOVED by Cr K Turner, seconded by Deputy Chairperson K Leoni:  

That the Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee:

a)      whiwhi / receive the confidential updates from the Lead Councillors.

b)      tuhi ā-taipitopito / note that the agenda report and Attachment A of the agenda report will remain confidential until reasons for confidentiality no longer exist.

 

 

1.01 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 Council Controlled Organisation Direction and Oversight Committee HELD ON

 

 

 

DATE:.........................................................................

 

 

 

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