Minutes of a meeting of the Nelson City Council
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Monday 11 September 2017, commencing at 10.05am
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), I Barker, B Dahlberg, K Fulton, M Lawrey, P Matheson, B McGurk, G Noonan, T Skinner and S Walker
In Attendance: Manager People and Capability (S Vincent), Manager Administration (P Langley), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) Kaumātua (A Joseph) and External Advisers (B Thomas, P Bell and G Pryde).
Apologies: Councillors L Acland, M Courtney and M Rutledge
Opening Prayer
Kaumātua Andy Joseph gave the opening prayer.
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Resolved CL/2017/338 That the Council Receives and accepts the apologies from Councillors Luke Acland, Mel Courtney and Mike Rutledge. |
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.
Kaumātua Andy Joseph, Iwi Representative Barney Thomas, Grant Pryde of Ichor and Paul Bell of Intepeople were in attendance for the Public Excluded meeting to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution was required to be passed:
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Resolved CL/2017/339 Confirms, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that Kaumātua Andy Joseph, Iwi Representative Barney Thomas, Grant Pryde of Ichor and Paul Bell of Intepeople remain after the public has been excluded, for the Public Excluded agenda, as they have knowledge that will assist the Council; Notes, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that the knowledge that Kaumatua Andy Joseph, Iwi Representative Barney Thomas, Grant Pryde of Ichor and Paul Bell of Intepeople possess relates to the Chief Executive recruitment process. |
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Resolved CL/2017/340 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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Report from Chief Executive Recruitment Group
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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)(c)(i) To protect information which is subject to an obligation of confidence or which any person has been or could be compelled to provide under the authority of any enactment, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice the supply of similar information or information from the same source and it is in the public interest that such information should continue to be supplied · 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 10.05am and resumed in public session at 1.18pm.
6. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved CL/2017/341 That the Council Re-admits the public to the meeting. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 1.18pm.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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