Minutes of a meeting of the Commercial Subcommittee

Held in the Ruma Mārama, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

On Thursday 4 August 2016, commencing at 2.28pm at the conclusion of Audit, Risk and Finance Subcommittee

 

Present:              Mr J Murray (Chairperson), Her Worship the Mayor R Reese, Councillors L Acland, G Noonan and Mr J Peters

In Attendance:   Chief Executive (C Hadley), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Strategy and Environment (C Barton), Group Manager Community Services (C Ward) and Administration Advisor (J McDougall)

 

 

1.       Apologies

 

There were no apologies.

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.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      23 June 2016

Document number M1957, agenda pages 6 - 11 refer.

Resolved COM/2016/028

THAT the minutes of the meeting of the Commercial Subcommittee, held on 23 June 2016, be confirmed as a true and correct record.

Peters/Noonan                                                                            Carried

    

6.       Chairperson's Report     

          Chairperson, John Murray noted that it was the last meeting of the Commercial Subcommittee and thanked the members and the Councillors who had attended. Mr Murray also thanked the Chief Executive and her team for their contribution.

 

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved COM/2016/029

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:

Noonan/Peters                                                                            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

Commercial Subcommittee Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes -  23 June 2016

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.

·    Section 7(2)(i)

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

 

2

Detailed Property Assessment: Emano

 

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

3

Review of Forestry

 

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

4

Property matters - 1 Kinzett Terrace

 

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

5

State Advances - way forward

 

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 2.30pm and resumed in public session at 3.14pm. 

8.       Re-admittance of the Public

Resolved COM/2016/030

THAT the public be re-admitted to the meeting.

Acland/Noonan                                                                           Carried

The two external appointees, John Peters and John Murray, were thanked for their contributions.

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 3.15pm.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

                                                       Chairperson                                     Date