Finance Committee

Open Minutes

 

Meeting Date:

Tuesday 2 April 2019

Time:

3.00pm – 3.59pm

Venue

Graeme Lowe Stand Corporate Lounge 2
McLean Park
Latham Street
Napier

 

 

Present

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

In Attendance

Chief Executive, Director Infrastructure Services, Director City Services, Director City Strategy, Manager Communications and Marketing, Chief Financial Officer, Manager Community Strategies

Tony Porter – Hawke’s Bay Airport Ltd (item 1)

Stewart Ainslie – Hawke’s Bay Airport Ltd (item 1)

Rachel Orchard – Hawke’s Bay Airport Ltd (item 1)

Administration

Governance Team

 


Finance Committee - 02 April 2019 - Open Minutes

 

Apologies

Nil

Conflicts of interest

Nil

Public forum

Nil

Announcements by the Mayor

Nil

Announcements by the Chairperson

Nil

Announcements by the management

Nil

Confirmation of minutes

Councillors Dallimore / White

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 27 November 2018 were taken as a true and accurate record of the meeting.

 

 

Questions from Councillors for follow up

Item

Requestor

Action

Responsible

3

Cr Wise

Quarterly Report - Advise on how the KPI targets were set for Par 2 Golf, the Aquarium and MTG

Director Community Services                                          

3

Cr Brosnan

More information to be provided on the three resource Consent applications which missed their processing deadlines

Director City Strategy

 

 


Finance Committee - 02 April 2019 - Open Minutes

Agenda Items

 

1.    Hawke's Bay Airport Ltd Half Year Report to 31 December 2018

Type of Report:

Operational

Legal Reference:

Local Government Act 2002

Document ID:

714397

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Caroline Thomson, Chief Financial Officer

 

1.1   Purpose of Report

To receive the half year report to shareholders from Hawke’s Bay Airport Limited to 31 December 2018.

 

At the Meeting

Representatives of the Hawke’s Bay Airport Ltd provided a presentation on the half yearly report to stakeholders – please see Appendix One.

The following further points were made in response to questions from Councillors:

·         Passenger numbers have been climbing steadily even prior to Air New Zealand’s announcement regarding lower price points for some flights.

·         With second tier providers also joining the market there may be opportunities for different routes to be explored. Conversation is also underway with Air New Zealand and Jetstar as well as Christchurch airport to gain a better understanding of possibilities as to route expansion and diversification opportunities.

·         Although it is expected that any noise impacts would be more affected by increased fleet movements than by a change in fleet models, a full review of noise contours is scheduled to be undertaken.

·         Car rental stand concessions have been increased following a review of national rates (in August 2018) which indicated that Hawke’s Bay was very low in the range.

·         Better visibility of available car parking is expected to be a further flow on effect of the upcoming changes to the entrance and exit paths from the facility.

The Airport team were thanked for their swift and effective response in addressing the Voluntary Administration scenario.

 

 

 

 

 

Committee's recommendation

The Finance Committee:

a.     Receive the Hawke’s Bay Airport Limited half year report to shareholders, to December 2018.

 

 

 


 

2.    Elected Members' Remuneration - 2019 Information Update

Type of Report:

Operational

Legal Reference:

Local Government Act 2002

Document ID:

713356

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Devorah Nícuarta-Smith, Team Leader Governance

 

2.1   Purpose of Report

To present to Council an information update on the 2019 process provided by the Remuneration Authority, the national body charged with matters in relation to elected members’ remuneration.

 

At the Meeting

In response to a Councillors question in relation to the status of Council’s investigations into the living wage, it was advised that a report has recently been received and is under review. It will be brought to a workshop once finalised.

 

Committee's recommendation

The Finance Committee:

a.     Receive the information update on the 2019 elected members’ remuneration process provided by the national Remuneration Authority.

 

 

 


 

3.    Quarterly Report for the six months ended 31 December 2018

Type of Report:

Legal

Legal Reference:

Local Government Act 2002

Document ID:

711016

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Caroline Thomson, Chief Financial Officer

 

3.1   Purpose of Report

To consider the Quarterly Report for the six months ended 31 December 2018.

 

At the Meeting

The Chief Financial Officer spoke briefly to the report, noting that there have been some changes to the designs in the Parklands development for better environmental outcomes which have led to slower sales in the previous quarter.

In response to questions from Councillors it was advised that it’s difficult to quantify whether the option to have two storey builds has had any adverse effect on sales. It’s possible that there could be other more effective ways to market the options also.

The increase in reporting on water clarity issues may be due both to the effect of operational changes that were underway in December 2018, and also the improvements in capturing live data in relation to service requests.

Should a Health and Safety incident occur when the public are using a Council facility the Health and Safety team investigate, and liaise with the appropriate business unit in addressing any issues. Due to the nature of incidents these are addressed on a case by case basis rather than a “one size fits all” approach.

A review into the MTG was recently undertaken, following which the Working Group will bring suggested reporting measures back to Council as part of a proposed management plan.

Officer’s will respond separately to questions regarding the targets for Par 2 Golf, the Aquarium and MTG being lower than last year’s achieved levels, and the three Resource Consent application which missed their processing time.

 

Committee's recommendation

That the Finance Committee:

a.     Receive the Quarterly Report for the six months ended 31 December 2018.

 

 

 


 

4.    Consent to land being declared road

Type of Report:

Legal

Legal Reference:

Public Works Act 1981

Document ID:

715741

Reporting Officer/s & Unit:

Jenny Martin, Property and Facilities Officer

 

4.1   Purpose of Report

Seek approval by Council under the Public Works Act to consent to the land at 243 Awatoto Road be declared road.

 

At the Meeting

There was no discussion on this item.

Committee's recommendation

The Finance Committee:

a.     Recommends that Council Resolve:

i.      That in accordance with the provisions of Section 114(2) of the Public Works Act 1981, to consent to the land described in the Schedule hereto to be declared road and vested in the Napier City Council.

 

SCHEDULE

Hawkes Bay land District – Napier City

 

Area

(hectares)

Legal Description

Part of Record

Of Title

0.0039

Section 1 SO Plan 531110

651679

 

 

  

The meeting closed at 3.59pm

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Date of approval ......................................................................................................................


Appendix One