AGENDA

Ordinary meeting of the

Nelson City Council

Thursday 8 March 2018

Commencing at 9.00am

Council Chamber

Civic House

110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson

Membership: Her Worship the Mayor Rachel Reese (Chairperson), Councillors Luke Acland, Ian Barker, Mel Courtney, Bill Dahlberg, Kate Fulton, Matt Lawrey, Paul Matheson, Brian McGurk, Gaile Noonan, Mike Rutledge, Tim Skinner and Stuart Walker

Nelson City Council

8 March 2018

Page No.

Opening Prayer

1.       Apologies

1.1      Apologies have been received from Councillors Barker and Rutledge

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.       The Mayor’s Report

6.       Exclusion of the Public

Recommendation

That the Council

Confirms, in accordance with section 48(5) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, Nelson School of Music Trustees Roger Taylor and Mark Christensen as well as Nelson School of Music Fund Chair Ian Kearney remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 1 of the Public Excluded agenda (Nelson School of Music Earthquake Strengthening Funding), as they have knowledge that will assist the Council; and

Notes, in accordance with section 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, the knowledge that Roger Taylor, Mark Christensen and Ian Kearney possess relates to the Nelson School of Music.

Recommendation

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: 

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	Nelson School of Music Earthquake Strengthening Funding	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)
2	Nelson Festivals Trust – Council Appointment of Trustees	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

5.       Re-admittance of the public

Recommendation

That the Council

Re-admits the public to the meeting.

Note:

· That the Governance Committee meeting commences at the conclusion of this Council meeting.