Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Nelson City Council
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Friday 29 July 2016, commencing at 1.35pm
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, E Davy, K Fulton, M Lawrey, B McGurk, P Rainey, T Skinner and M Ward
In Attendance: Chief Executive (C Hadley), Group Manager Community Services (C Ward), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), and Administration Adviser (E-J Ruthven)
Apologies: Councillors I Barker, R Copeland, P Matheson and G Noonan
Opening Prayer
Councillor Skinner gave the opening prayer.
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Resolved CL/2016/215 THAT apologies be received and accepted from Councillors Barker, Copeland, Matheson and Noonan. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
Her Worship the Mayor advised of a late item for the public excluded part of the meeting, and explained that a procedural resolution needed to be passed for the item to be considered.
2.1 Ridgeways Joint Venture
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Resolved CL/2016/216 THAT the public excluded item regarding Ridgeways Joint Venture 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 and to potentially reduce expenditure on continuing the Joint Venture. |
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1 M2045 - Ridgeways Joint Venture Late Item Memo |
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with agenda items were declared.
There was no public forum.
There was no Mayor’s Report.
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Resolved CL/2016/218 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: |
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General subject of each matter to be considered |
Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter |
Particular interests protected (where applicable) |
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Nelson Airport Ltd - Terminal Project Approval
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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 |
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Late Item: Ridgeways Joint Venture
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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 1.38pm and resumed in public session at 2.28pm. During this time, Councillors Skinner and Davy left the meeting.
7. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved CL/2016/219 THAT the public be re-admitted to the meeting. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.28pm.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
