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Governing Body
31 July 2025
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1 Ngā Tamōtanga
| Apologies
Cr M Lee joined the meeting at 10.10am.
Cr M Williamson joined the meeting at 10.10am.
Cr J Fairey joined the meeting at 10.11am.
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
4 Ngā Kōrero a te Marea | Public
Input
There was no
public input.
5 Ngā Kōrero a te Poari ā-Rohe Pātata | Local Board Input
There was no
local board input.
6 Ngā Pakihi Autaia
| Extraordinary Business
There was no
extraordinary business.
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Chief
Executive and Group Chief Financial Officer Update
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Cr A Filipaina joined the meeting at 10.12am.
Cr C Fletcher joined the meeting at 10.13am.
Cr W Walker joined the meeting at 10.13am.
Cr D Newman entered the
meeting at 10.26am.
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Note: Cr C Fletcher
raised Point of Order 1.7.2 d) – misrepresentation. The current
speaker (Cr C Darby) was misrepresenting the situation in regard to the
Auckland Future Fund.
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Resolution
number GB/2025/110
MOVED by
Mayor W Brown, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:
That
the Governing Body:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the information provided in this report and the verbal updates by
the Chief Executive and Group Chief Financial Officer.
CARRIED
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Note: From this point
forward, agenda items were taken in the following order:
Item
12 Auckland
War Memorial Museum - Performance Update
11 Approval
of Tripartite Accord Between Auckland Council, Port of Auckland Limited and
Port Unions
9 Auckland
Council Group and Auckland Council Quarterly Performance Report for the three
months ending June 2025
10 Water
Services Delivery Plan for Stormwater for the Auckland Region
13 2025
Local Government Elections - Meetings and Decision-making until new Governing
Body members make their declarations
14 Approval
to enter into negotiations with the Crown on a Regional Deal for Auckland
15 Summary
of Governing Body and Committee information memoranda and briefings (including
the Forward Work Programme) – 31 July 2025
16 Te
Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e Autaia ana | Consideration of
Extraordinary Items
17 Te
Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i te Marea | Procedural motion to
exclude the public
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Auckland
War Memorial Museum - Performance Update
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A PowerPoint presentation was
given in support of the item. A copy has been placed on the official
minutes and is available on the Auckland Council website as a minutes
attachment.
A video was shown as part of
the presentation and is available at the following link: https://youtu.be/R2qczUuf044
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Note: changes were made
to the original motion adding new clauses b) and c), with the agreement of
the meeting.
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Resolution
number GB/2025/111
MOVED by
Deputy Mayor D Simpson, seconded by Mayor W Brown:
That the Governing Body:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the performance update from the Auckland War Memorial Museum Board
and Executive.
b) tono / request advice from the Chief
Executive office and the Mayoral office on possible options for non-financial
support to the Auckland War Memorial Museum with the Asbestos Remediation and
related capital works, and the option be reported to the incoming council.
c) whakaae /
agree to advocate to government to support this work due to the national
importance of this building.
CARRIED
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Attachments
a 31 July 2025, Governing Body: Item 12 - Auckland
War Memorial Museum - Performance Update, Presentation
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Approval
of Tripartite Accord Between Auckland Council, Port of Auckland Limited and
Port Unions
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Resolution
number GB/2025/112
MOVED by
Mayor W Brown, seconded by Cr A Filipaina:
That the Governing Body:
a) whakaae
/ approve Auckland Council entering the Tripartite Accord with Port of
Auckland Limited and the port unions represented by the Maritime Union of New Zealand.
b) tāpae / delegate responsibility to the Mayor to
sign the Tripartite Accord on behalf of Auckland Council.
CARRIED
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Cr J Fairey left the meeting at 1.00pm.
The meeting adjourned at 1.05pm and reconvened at 1.49pm.
Cr W Walker and Cr J Watson were not present.
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Auckland
Council Group and Auckland Council Quarterly Performance Report for the three
months ending June 2025
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Cr J Watson returned to the
meeting at 1.52pm.
Cr W Walker returned to the meeting at 1.54pm.
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Resolution
number GB/2025/113
MOVED by
Deputy Mayor D Simpson, seconded by Cr A Dalton:
That the Governing Body:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the Auckland Council Group and Auckland Council quarterly
performance report for the quarter ended 30 June 2025.
CARRIED
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Water
Services Delivery Plan for Stormwater for the Auckland Region
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Cr S Henderson left the
meeting at 2.30pm.
Cr C Darby left the meeting at 2.40pm.
Cr J Fairey rejoined the meeting at 2.46pm.
Cr S Henderson returned to the meeting at 2.50pm.
Cr C Darby returned to the meeting at 2.54pm.
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Resolution
number GB/2025/114
MOVED by
Mayor W Brown, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:
That the Governing Body:
a) tuhi
ā-taipitopito / adopt
the proposed Water Services Delivery Plan for Stormwater for the Auckland
region (as appended in Attachment A of the agenda report)
b) tautapa
/ delegate authority for completion and submission of the finalised Plan
documents, certified by the Chief Executive, to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
CARRIED
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2025 Local
Government Elections - Meetings and Decision-making until new Governing Body
members make their declarations
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Resolution
number GB/2025/115
MOVED by
Mayor W Brown, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:
That the Governing Body:
a)
tuhi ā-taipitopito / note that the final Governing Body meeting
of the 2022 – 2025 electoral term will be held on 25 September 2025 and
all committee meetings will have ceased by the end of September 2025
b) tautapa
/ delegate to any two of the following:
i) the
Mayor
ii) Deputy
Mayor
iii) a
chairperson of a committee of the whole
the power to make,
on behalf of the Governing Body, urgent decisions that are legally able to be
delegated and that may be needed between the final Governing Body meeting of
the 2022 – 2025 electoral term and the day the term of office of
current members ends
c) tuhi ā-taipitopito / note that during the period from the commencement of
term of office of new members following the elections until the inaugural
meeting of the Governing Body on 31 October 2025, decision-making will be
undertaken by the Auckland Council Chief Executive under current delegations.
CARRIED
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Approval to
enter into negotiations with the Crown on a Regional Deal for Auckland
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Cr C Darby retired from the
meeting at 3.17pm.
Cr D Newman left the meeting at 3.26pm.
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Resolution
number GB/2025/116
MOVED by
Mayor W Brown, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:
That the Governing Body:
a) whakamana
/ authorise the chief executive to enter into negotiations with the Crown on
an Auckland Deal, based on the ‘light touch’ proposal approved by
the Governing Body in February 2025
b) kopou
/ appoint the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chair of Houkura as the political
reference group to provide direction and oversight of the negotiations
c) tuhi
tīpoka / note that staff will confirm the process for the negotiations
and engagement expectations with the political reference group.
CARRIED
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Summary of
Governing Body and Committee information memoranda and briefings (including
the Forward Work Programme) - 31 July 2025
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Resolution
number GB/2025/117
MOVED by
Cr R Hills, seconded by Deputy Mayor D Simpson:
That the Governing Body:
a) whiwhi
/ receive the Summary of Governing Body information memoranda and briefings
(including the Forward Work Programme) – 31 July 2025.
CARRIED
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16 Te Whakaaro ki ngā Take Pūtea e Autaia ana | Consideration of Extraordinary Items
There was no
consideration of extraordinary items.
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17 Te Mōtini ā-Tukanga hei Kaupare i te Marea | Procedural motion to exclude the public
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Resolution
number GB/2025/118
MOVED by Cr R Hills, seconded by Cr A Baker:
That
the Governing Body:
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:
City Rail Link operational arrangements and asset ownership decisions
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Reason
for passing this resolution in relation to each matter
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Particular
interest(s) protected (where applicable)
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Ground(s)
under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution
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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.
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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 that requires other parties, including the
Crown, to support.
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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.
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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
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Cr A Dalton
retired from the meeting at 3.28pm.
3.28pm 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.
3.42pm The
public was re-admitted.
restatementS
It was resolved
while the public was excluded:
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CONFIDENTIAL:
City Rail Link operational arrangements and asset ownership decisions
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Resolution
number GB/2025/120
MOVED by
Mayor W Brown, seconded by Cr A Baker:
That the Governing Body:
h) whakaae
/ agree that the decision, report and attachments be restated in open minutes once both the Crown and the council have agreed
and announced the ultimate asset ownership arrangements and the need for
confidentiality no longer exists.
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3.42pm 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 Governing Body HELD ON
DATE:.........................................................................
CHAIRPERSON:.......................................................
