Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Nelson City Council
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 16 May 2017, commencing at 12.50pm
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, M Courtney, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, M Lawrey, P Matheson, B McGurk, G Noonan, M Rutledge and S Walker
In Attendance: Team Leader Administration Advisers (R Byrne) and External Adviser (P Bell)
Apology: Councillor Tim Skinner
Opening Prayer
Councillor Noonan gave the opening prayer.
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Resolved CL/2017/163 THAT an apology be received and accepted from Councillor Tim Skinner. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There was no change to the order of business.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
Paul Bell, of Intepeople, will be in attendance for the items on the Public Excluded agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution is required to be passed:
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Resolved CL/2017/164 Confirms, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, Paul Bell remain after the public has been excluded, for the items of the Public Excluded agenda as he has knowledge that will assist the Council; Notes, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the knowledge that Paul Bell possesses relates to the Chief Executive’s performance, remuneration and development.
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Resolved CL/2017/165 That the Council 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: |
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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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Chief Executive's Employment Contract
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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)(a) To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person · Section 7(2)(g) To maintain legal professional privilege · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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Extraordinary Council Meeting – Parts of Public Excluded Minutes - 10 May 2017 |
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)(a) To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person · Section 7(2)(g) To maintain legal professional privilege · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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The meeting went into public excluded session at 12.51 pm and resumed in public session at 1.53pm.
6. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved CL/2017/166 That the Council Re-admits the public to the meeting. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 1.53 pm
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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