Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Joint Shareholders Committee

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Friday 24 July 2015, commencing at 9.03am

 

Present:               Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Deputy Mayor of Nelson P Matheson, Councillors P Rainey, B McGurk, E Davy, His Worship the Mayor of Tasman R Kempthorne (Chairperson), T King (Deputy Chairperson), M Higgins, and S Bryant

In Attendance:     Chief Executive Nelson City Council (NCC) (C Hadley), Chief Executive Tasman District Council (TDC) (L McKenzie), Group Manager Corporate Services NCC (N Harrison), Corporate Services Manager TDC (M Drummond), and Administration Adviser NCC (S McLean)

Apologies:            Nelson City Councillors I Barker for attendance and E Davy for lateness, and Tasman District Councillor J Edgar for attendance

 

1.       Apologies

Resolved JSC/2015/001

THAT apologies be received and accepted from Nelson City Councillors I Barker for attendance and E Davy for lateness, and Tasman District Councillor J Edgar for attendance.

Higgins/Matheson                                                                        Carried

Attendnace: Councillor Rainey joined the meeting at 9.06am.

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There was no change to the order of business.

 

3.       Interests

There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.

4.       Public Forum 

There was no public forum.

5.       Exclusion of the Public

Paul Steer and Rob Evans, of Nelson Airport Ltd, were in attendance for Item 3 of the Public Excluded agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution was passed:

Resolved JSC/2015/002

THAT, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, Paul Steere and Rob Evans remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 3 of the Public Excluded agenda (Nelson Airport Ltd – Statement of Intent 2015/16), as they have knowledge that will assist the Council;

AND THAT, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the knowledge that Paul Steere and Rob Evans posess relates to the Nelson Airport Statement of Intent 2015/16.

Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson/His Worship the Mayor of Tasman

                                                                                                       Carried

Resolved JSC/2015/003

THAT the public be excluded from the following parts 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 are as follows:

Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson/His Worship the Mayor of Tasman

                                                                                                       Carried

 

Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

1

Nelson Airport Ltd - Statement of Intent 2015/16

 

Section 48(1)(a)

The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7

The withholding of the information is necessary:

·    Section 7(2)(i)

     To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.07am and resumed in public session at 9.24am. 

6.       Re-admittance of the Public

Resolved JSC/2015/004

THAT the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson/Matheson                                 Carried

 

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved JSC/2015/005

THAT, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, Simon Orr remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 3 of the Public Excluded agenda (Nelson Airport Ltd – Statement of Intent 2015/16), as he has knowledge that will assist the Council;

AND THAT, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the knowledge that Simon Orr possesses relates to the Nelson Airport Statement of Intent 2015/16.

Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson/His Worship the Mayor of Tasman       

Carried

Resolved JSC/2015/006

THAT the public be excluded from the following parts 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 are as follows:

Higgins/Matheson                                                                        Carried

 Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

1

Director appointments for Port Nelson Limited and Nelson Airport Limited

 

Section 48(1)(a)

The public conduct of this matter would be likely to result in disclosure of information for which good reason exists under section 7

The withholding of the information is necessary:

·    Section 7(2)(a)

     To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person

The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.25am and resumed in public session at 10.24am. 

8.       Re-admittance of the Public

Resolved JSC/2015/007

THAT the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson/Rainey                                     Carried

 

9.       Meeting Date

 

It was agreed that the Joint Shareholders Committee meeting set for 14 August would be delayed until September.

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.26am.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

                                                         Chairperson                                        Date