Minutes of Council - 19 February 2019

Nelson City Council Minutes - 19 February 2019

Minutes of a meeting of the Nelson City Council

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

On Tuesday 19 February 2019, commencing at 9.02a.m. - meeting only for Strategic Property item

Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors L Acland, I Barker, M Courtney, B Dahlberg, K Fulton (via audio-link), M Lawrey, B McGurk, G Noonan, M Rutledge, T Skinner and S Walker

In Attendance: Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Acting Group Manager Infrastructure (M Parfitt), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Acting Group Manager Community Services (R Bartlett), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald) and Governance Adviser (E Stephenson)

Apologies : Nil

Leave of Absence: Councillor P Matheson

Opening Prayer

Councillor Tim Skinner gave the opening prayer.

1. Apologies

There were no apologies.

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. Confirmation of Minutes

5.1 13 December 2018

Document number M3990, agenda pages 5 - 29 refer.

Amended minutes of the 13 December 2018 Council meeting were tabled.

Resolved CL/2019/001

That the Council

Confirms the amended minutes of the meeting of the Council, held on 13 December 2018, as a true and correct record.

Barker/Courtney Carried

Attachments

1 A2140796 - Final Council Minutes 13 December 2018

6. Mayor's Report

Her Worship the Mayor provided a verbal report in which she spoke about the emergency situation in the Nelson Tasman region, the Nelson Griffins’ Invercargill win and the upcoming kapa haka competitions leading up to the 2025 Te Matatini Festival.

The Mayor thanked emergency services, council staff and volunteers who gave their time so generously.

The Mayor advised that updates on the water supply/drought situation and on the Waimea Road traffic lights would follow the Council meeting.

7. Exclusion of the Public

Resolved CL/2019/002

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:

Walker/Barker Carried

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	Council Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes - 13 December 2018	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)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations) • Section 7(2)(g) To maintain legal professional privilege · Section 7(2)(b)(ii) To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information · Section 7(2)(i) To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)
2	Community Housing Consultation Document	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)

Item

General subject of each matter to be considered

Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter

Particular interests protected (where applicable)

Council Meeting - Public Excluded Minutes - 13 December 2018

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)(i)

To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

• Section 7(2)(g)

To maintain legal professional privilege

· Section 7(2)(b)(ii)

To protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information

· Section 7(2)(i)

To enable the local authority to carry on, without prejudice or disadvantage, negotiations (including commercial and industrial negotiations)

Community Housing Consultation Document

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)

The meeting went into public excluded session at 9.20a.m. and resumed in public session at 10.33a.m.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 10.33a.m.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

Chairperson Date