AGENDA

Ordinary meeting of the

 

Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

 

 

Tuesday 29 November 2016
Commencing at 9.30am
Council Chamber

Civic House

110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

Membership: Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson Rachel Reese (Chairperson), Nelson City Councillors Paul Matheson, Luke Acland, Ian Barker, Mel Courtney, Bill Dahlberg, Kate Fulton, Matt Lawrey, Brian McGurk, Gaile Noonan, Mike Rutledge, Tim Skinner, and Stuart Walker, His Worship the Mayor of Tasman Richard Kempthorne, Tasman District Councillors Tim King, Sue Brown, Stuart Bryant, Pete Canton, Mark Greening, Paul Hawkes, Dean McNamara, Kit Maling, David Ogilvie, Paul Sangster, Trevor Tuffnell, Anne Turley and Dana Wensley

Guidelines for councillors attending the meeting, who are not members of the Committee, as set out in Standing Orders:

·      All councillors, whether or not they are members of the Committee, may attend Committee meetings (SO 2.12.2)

·      At the discretion of the Chair, councillors who are not Committee members may speak, or ask questions about a matter.

·      Only Committee members may vote on any matter before the Committee (SO 3.14.1)

It is good practice for both Committee members and non-Committee members to declare any interests in items on the agenda.  They should withdraw from the room for discussion and voting on any of these items.

 

N-logotype-black-wideJoint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

29 November 2016

 

 

Page No.

 

1.       Apologies

Nil

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

3.       Interests

3.1       Updates to the Interests Register

3.2       Identify any conflicts of interest in the agenda

4.       Public Forum

5.       Nelson Regional Development Agency Six-Monthly Presentation

John Palmer and Mark Rawson will give the six-monthly presentation on the Nelson Regional Development Agency.

6.       Tasman Bays Heritage Trust Six-Monthly Presentation

Emma Thompson and Lucinda Blackley-Jimson will give the six-monthly presentation on Tasman Bays Heritage Trust         

Public Excluded Business

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Recommendation

That the Committee

Confirms, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that the following people will remain after the public have been excluded as they have knowledge that will assist the Committee:

·        Matthew McDonald and Daryl Wehner, of Port Nelson Ltd, for item 3 of the Public Excluded agenda (Port Nelson Ltd Six-Monthly Presentation);  and

·        Paul McGuiness, Rob Evans and Simon Orr, of Nelson Airport Ltd, for item 4 of the Public Excluded agenda (Nelson Airport Ltd Six-Monthly Presentation); and

Notes, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that the knowledge they possess relates to:

·        For Matthew McDonald and Daryl Wehner, of Port Nelson Ltd, knowledge relating to Port Nelson Ltd;  and

·        For Paul McGuiness, Rob Evans and Simon Orr, of Nelson Airport Ltd, knowledge relating to Nelson Airport Ltd.

Recommendation

That the Committee

Excludes the public 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: 

 

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

Port Nelson Ltd Six-Monthly Presentation

 

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)(b)(ii)

     To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information

·    Section 7(2)(i)

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

2

Nelson Airport Ltd Six-Monthly Presentation

 

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)(b)(ii)

     To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information

·    Section 7(2)(i)

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

3

Joint Council Controlled Organisations - matters for the Statement of Expectations (Port, Airport, TBHT)

 

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)

 

8.       Re-admittance of the public

Recommendation

That the Committee

Re-admits the public to the meeting.