Date: Time: Meeting Room: Venue:	Thursday, 24 April 2025 2.00pm Upper Harbour Local Board Office 6-8 Munroe Lane Albany Auckland 0632 and Via Microsoft Teams
Upper Harbour Local Board Workshop OPEN AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Chairperson	Anna Atkinson
Deputy Chairperson	Uzra Casuri Balouch, JP
Members	Callum Blair	Kyle Parker
	John Mclean	Sylvia Yang

Max Wilde

Democracy Advisor (Upper Harbour Local Board)

16 April 2025

Contact Telephone: (09) 4142684

Email: Max.Wilde@aucklandCouncil.govt.nz

Website: www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

ITEM   TABLE OF CONTENTS            PAGE

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies                                                   2

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

3          Local Board Workshop                                        3

Agenda Items

1          Ngā Tamōtanga | Apologies

At the close of the agenda no apologies had been received.

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.

Upper Harbour Local Board Workshop 24 April 2025

Local Board Workshop

File No.: CP2025/01089

Note 1:       This workshop has been called by the chairperson in consultation with the staff.

Note 2:       No working party/workshop may reach any decision or adopt any resolution unless specifically delegated to do so.

Te take mō te pūrongo

Purpose of the report

1.       To present the Upper Harbour Local Board workshop agenda for 24 April 2025.

Whakarāpopototanga matua

Executive summary

2.       Most workshops are open to the public to attend as observers in person or online.

3.       Some sessions may not be open to the public. The staff decide which sessions are open to the public, depending on the sensitivity of the information being discussed. If a session is not open, a reason will be provided below.

4.       Email UpperHarbourlocalboard@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz for a link to join the workshop online. The public can observe the workshop on via MS Teams.

5.       Local Board workshops provide an opportunity for local boards to carry out their governance role in the following areas:

a)   Accountability to the public

b)   Engagement

c)   Input to regional decision-making

d)   Keeping informed

e)   Local initiative / preparing for specific decisions

f)    Oversight and monitoring

g)   Setting direction / priorities / budget.

6.       Workshops do not have decision-making authority.

7.       Workshops are used to canvass issues, prepare local board members for upcoming decisions and to enable discussion between elected members and staff.

8.       Members are respectfully reminded of their Code of Conduct obligations with respect to conflicts of interest and confidentiality.

9.       The following will be covered in the workshop:

Session 1 – 1400 - 1500

LBAP 7 – Annual Budget consultation feedback and input and fees and charges]

Presenters:                   Heather Skinner, Senior Local Board Advisor, Policy, Planning and Governance.

Robert Marshall, Local Board Advisor, Policy Advisor, Policy, Planning and Governance.

Nan Hu, Senior Finance and Performance Advisor, Group Finance

Governance role:          Setting direction, priorities, budget.

Proposed Outcome:      Define local board position and feedback