Present

The Mayor (In the Chair), Councillors Boag, Brosnan, Dallimore, Hague, Jeffery, McGrath, Price, Tapine, Taylor, White, Wise and Wright

In Attendance

Director City Services (Acting Chief Executive), Director Corporate Services, Director Community Services, Director Infrastructure Services, Director City Strategy, Manager Communications and Marketing, Manager Regulatory Solutions

Administration

Governance Team

Council resolution

That the Draft Minutes of the Extraordinary meeting held on 9 April 2018 be confirmed as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

Council resolution

That the Draft Minutes of the Extraordinary meeting held on 10 April 2018 be confirmed as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

Council resolution

That the Draft Minutes of the Extraordinary meeting held on 24 April 2018 be confirmed as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

At the Meeting

It was noted that while this item is largely procedural, it gave the existing lessee more stability and would encourage them to invest in the property in the way they have indicated they wish to.

Council resolution

That Council

a.     Enter into a ground lease, pursuant to Section 73(3) of the Reserves Act 1977, with the Royal New Zealand Plunket Trust for the land occupied by the outdoor play area at Onekawa Park for a term of approximately eight years with one 15 year right of renewal.

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

That Council

a.     Approve a ground lease, under Section 54 of the Reserves Act 1977, with the Napier City Petanque Club Incorporated for a term of fifteen years with one fifteen year right of renewal.

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

That Council:

a.     Receive the unconfirmed minutes of the Hawke’s Bay Drinking Water Governance Joint Committee from 24 October 2017.

b.     Receive the unconfirmed minutes of the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management Group meeting from 27 November 2017.

Council resolution

That the Māori Consultative Committee Minutes be received.

At the Meeting

It was noted that Liz Ratima has stepped down from the Committee; Te Whetu Marama Henare-Winiata has accepted the role.

Māori Consultative Committee's recommendation

That the Council resolve that the Committee’s recommendation be adopted.

At the Meeting

In response to questions from councillors, it was clarified that:

·         Communications from the Director of Health and the DHB in regards to the water enquiry report and recommendations, including chlorination, were able to be requested under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and there were no immediately identifiable issues with proactively releasing these.

·         Members of the public who are concerned that chlorine in the water is making them feel itchy have been directed to the DHB or their local GP, who are best placed to advise on medical matters. It was noted that the level of chlorination in our system is very low and filters were available from large retailers which may be a longer term solution for those that had concerns.

·         The network has been undergoing a cleaning and flushing process which may have created some discolouration in the water; the public have already been advised that the project is underway but there will be further regular updates in line with the communications plan.

It was noted that the processes are being refined for capturing and tracking questions asked but not able to be answered at meetings.

Council resolution

The Finance Committee:

a.     Note that

·      Substantial progress has been made in addressing the condition of the bore headworks.

·      Progress has been made with the Water Safety Plan Improvement Plan.

·      Chlorination will continue for the Napier water supply.

Māori Consultative Committee's recommendation

That the Council resolve that the Committee’s recommendation be adopted.

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

That the Committee

a.     Receive the Quarterly Report for the nine months ended 31 March 2018.

Māori Consultative Committee's recommendation

That the Council resolve that the Committee’s recommendation be adopted.

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

That Council

a.     Approve the applications being made to external funding providers for grants for the following projects:

·      Napier City Council New Year’s Eve event 2018/19

·      Positive Ageing Strategy

·      Rangatahi Summit

At the Meeting

In response to questions from councillors it was clarified that:

·         The Ombudsman investigation into an item included in the public excluded agenda of the December 2017 meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee has now been completed. The item in question was a verbal update on the water status at the time. It had been allocated to the public excluded section under section 7(2)(f)(i) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 – that the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expressions of opinions of members or officers or employees of any local authority may be maintained. The Ombudsman upheld the complaint, but recognised that Council had already undertaken a review of the allocation of papers into public excluded prior to the decision of the Ombudsman and no further action was required.

·         Statistics on the numbers of LGOIMA requests to which charging has been advised, whether for all or part of the request, will be included in the  monthly breakdown.

Council resolution

That Council:

a.     Receives the report Official Information Requests 27 March 2018 to 2 May 2018.

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

a.     Receive the report Tenders Let under delegated authority to 28 April 2018

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

That Council

a.     Receive the report on Resource Consents issued under delegated authority for the period 15 March – 20 April 2018.

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Council resolution

That Council

a.     Receive the Report of Documents Executed Under Seal for the period 26 March to 11 May

Council resolution

That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

General subject of each matter to be considered.

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter.

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 where the withholding of the information is necessary to:

Ground(s) under section 48(1) to the passing of this resolution.

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:

Agenda Items

1.  Lease of Ocean Boulevard parking facilities

7(2)(h) Enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities

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.

Reports from Finance Committee held 1 May 2018

1.  Bad Debt Write Off

7(2)(a) Protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person

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.

2.  Creative Communities Funding 2018

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.

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

Chairperson .............................................................................................................................

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