Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Nelson City Council

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

On Thursday 24 December 2015, commencing at 9.43am

 

Present:               Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors I Barker, E Davy, K Fulton, P Matheson (Deputy Mayor), B McGurk, G Noonan, T Skinner and M Ward

In Attendance:     Chief Executive (C Hadley), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Manager Communications (P Shattock), and Administration Adviser (G Brown)

Apologies:            Councillors L Acland, R Copeland, M Lawrey and P Rainey

 

 

Opening Prayer

Her Worship the Mayor gave the opening prayer.

 

1.       Apologies

Resolved CL/2015/222

THAT apologies be received and accepted from Councillors Acland, Copeland, Lawrey and Rainey.

Her Worship the Mayor/Ward                                                Carried

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

Her Worship the Mayor advised of one late item for the public excluded part of the meeting, and that the following resolution needed to be passed for the item to be considered:

2.1       Tenancy Options for CBD Building

            Late item memo M1673 refers.

Resolved CL/2015/223

THAT the public excluded item Tenancy Options for CBD Building be considered at this meeting as a major item not on the agenda, pursuant to Section 46A(7)(a) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, to enable a timely decision to be made.

Noonan/Davy                                                                       Carried

3.       Interests

There were no update 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

Resolved CL/2015/224

THAT, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, John Murray remains after the public has been excluded, for Item 1 of the Public Excluded agenda (Tenancy Options for CBD Building), as he has knowledge that will assist Council;

AND THAT, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the knowledge that John Murray possesses relates to the Tenancy Options for CBD Building.

Ward/Barker                                                                         Carried

 

Resolved CL/2015/225

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:

Ward/Barker                                                                            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.

Tenancy Options for CBD Building

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)(h)

To enable the local authority to carry out, without prejudice or disadvantage, commercial activities.

 

The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.45am and resumed in public session at 9.54am.

 

6.        Re-admittance of the public

Resolved CL/2015/226

THAT the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

Her Worship the Mayor/Davy                                                Carried

 

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.54am.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

                                                         Chairperson                                    Date