Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Nelson City Council

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

On Thursday 1 December 2016, commencing at 12.45pm

Present:              Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, M Courtney, B Dahlberg, M Lawrey, P Matheson, B McGurk, G Noonan, M Rutledge, T Skinner and S Walker

In Attendance:   Chief Executive (C Hadley), Group Manager Community Services (C Ward), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Manager Administration (P Langley), Team Leader Administration Advisers (R Byrne), and Administration Adviser (S Burgess)

Apology:             Councillor K Fulton

Opening Prayer

Councillor Noonan gave the opening prayer.

1.       Apologies

Resolved CL/2016/313

That the Council

Receives and accepts an apology from Councillor Fulton.

Her Worship the Mayor/Dahlberg Carried

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.       Mayor's Report  

There was no Mayor’s Report.

6.       Appointment of NZTA Representative to Regional Transport Committee

Document number R6874, agenda pages 4 - 6 refer.

Group Manager Community Services, Chris Ward, presented the report.

Resolved CL/2016/314

That the Council

Receives the report Appointment of NZTA Representative to Regional Transport Committee (R6874); and

Appoints the New Zealand Transport Agency’s nominated representative to the Nelson City Council Regional Transport Committee.

Barker/Courtney Carried

7.       Appointment of External Representatives to NRSBU

Document number R6877, agenda pages 7 - 9 refer.

Group Manager Community Services, Chris Ward, presented the report.

It was suggested that biographies of those being appointed would have been useful in considering the matter. The Chief Executive, Clare Hadley, explained that the representatives were chosen by their respective organisations.

Resolved CL/2016/315

That the Council

Receives the report Appointment of External Representatives to NRSBU (R6877); and

Appoints one non-voting member to the NRSBU representing Major Industrial Customers (Philip Wilson); and

Appoints one non-voting member to the NRSBU to represent local iwi (Matt Hippolite).

Noonan/Rutledge Carried

There being no further business the meeting ended at 12.50pm.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

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