Hearings Committee

(For the Consideration of Tenders)

Open Minutes

Meeting Date:	Friday 23 March 2018
Time:	2.00pm-2.01pm
Venue	Ikatere Room Level 2, Capeview Building 265 Marine Parade Napier

Present	Councillor Jeffery (In the Chair) Councillors Taylor, White and Wright
In Attendance	Director City Infrastructure, Chief Financial Officer
Administration	Governance Team

Hearings Committee (For the Consideration of Tenders) - 23 March 2018 - Open Minutes

Apologies

Nil

Conflicts of interest

Nil

Announcements by the Chairperson

Nil

Announcements by the management

Nil

Confirmation of minutes

Councillors Jeffery / White

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 8 February 2018 were taken as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

Carried

Hearings Committee (For the Consideration of Tenders) - 23 March 2018 - Open Minutes

PUBLIC EXCLUDED ITEMS

Councillors Taylor / Wright

That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting, namely:

1.         Retail Electricity Supply Contract

Carried

The general subject of each matter to be considered while the public was excluded, the reasons 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 were as follows:

General subject of each matter to be considered.	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter.	Ground(s) under section 48(1) to the passing of this resolution.
1.  Retail Electricity Supply Contract	7(2)(i) Enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)	48(1)A That the public conduct of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding would exist: (i) Where the local authority is named or specified in Schedule 1 of this Act, under Section 6 or 7  (except 7(2)(f)(i)) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987.

The meeting moved into committee at 2.01pm.

Approved and adopted as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

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