Nelson City Council Minutes - 8 March 2018
Minutes of a meeting of the Nelson City Council
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 8 March 2018, commencing at 9.02am
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, M Courtney, B Dahlberg, K Fulton (via audio link), M Lawrey, P Matheson, B McGurk, G Noonan, T Skinner and S Walker
In Attendance: Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Group Manager Community Services (C Ward), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald) Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)
Apologies: Councillors Barker and Rutledge
Opening Prayer
Councillor Dahlberg gave the opening prayer.
1. Apologies
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Resolved CL/2018/011 That the Council Receives and accepts the apologies from Councillors Barker and Rutledge. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
Her Worship the Mayor welcomed Youth Councillors Nico Frizzell and Jenna Stallard.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
There was no public forum.
Her Worship the Mayor acknowledged International Women’s Day and noted that it was 125 years since New Zealand had led the world in passing legislation to allow women to have the vote.
Roger Taylor and Mark Christensen, Trustees of Nelson School of Music and Tony Jemmett, Business Manager of Opus Nelson would be in attendance for Item 1 of the Public Excluded agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution was required to be passed:
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Resolved CL/2018/012 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 Tony Jemmett, Business Manager of Opus Nelson 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 Tony Jemmett possess relates to the Nelson School of Music. |
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Resolved CL/2018/016 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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Nelson School of Music Earthquake Strengthening Funding
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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)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) |
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2 |
Nelson Festivals Trust - Council Appointment of Trustees
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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 |
The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.05am during which time Councillor Lawry attended at 9.58am. The meeting resumed in public session at 1.02p.m.
7. Re-admittance of the Public
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Resolved CL/2018/017 That the Council Re-admits the public to the meeting.
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There being no further business the meeting ended at 1.02p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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