Minutes of a meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

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

On Tuesday 19 November 2019, commencing at 1.33p.m.

 

Present:              Her Worship the Mayor of Nelson R Reese (Chairperson), Tasman District Council: Councillors S Bryant, C Butler, M Greening, C Hill, C MacKenzie, K Maling, D Ogilvie, T Tuffnell, A Turley, D Wensley and T Walker

                          Nelson City Council: Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, J Edgar, K Fulton, M Lawrey, R O'Neill-Stevens, B McGurk, G Noonan, P Rainey, R Sanson and T Skinner

In Attendance:   NCC Chief Executive (P Dougherty), TDC Chief Executive (J  Dowding); Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Corporate Services Manager (M Drummond), Engineering Manager (R Kirby) and Team Leader Governance (R Byrne)  

Apologies :          His Worship the Mayor T King,  Councillors M Greening, C Hutt, and D McNamara, and Councillor K Fulton for early departure

 

 

1.       Apologies

 

Resolved JC/2019/020

 

That the Joint Committee

1.        Receives and accepts the apologies from His Worship the Mayor T King and Councillors M Greening, C Hutt and D McNamara for attendance, and Councillor K Fulton for early departure.

Her Worship the Mayor/Bryant                                                      Carried

 

2.       Confirmation of Order of Business

There were no changes 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        Nelson Regional Development Agency - six-monthly presentation

 

Meg Matthews (Board member) and Mark Rawson (Chief Executive) presented on behalf of the Nelson Regional Development Agency, attached (A2303337), and answered questions on the potential of the Kohatu Park proposal, funding cycles, and air and road connectivity. 

Attendance : Councillor Fulton left the meeting at 1.44p.m.

 

Attachments

1    A2303337 Joint Committee Nelson Regional Development Agency Presentation 19Nov2019

6.       Tasman Bays Heritage Trust six month strategic presentation

 

Emma Thompson, Deputy Chair and Lucinda Blackley-Jimson, Chief Executive presented on behalf of the Tasman Bays Heritage Trust,  attached (A2303333).

 

Attachments

1    A2303333 Joint Committee Tasman Bays Heritage Trust Presentation 19Nov2019

 

7.       Exclusion of the Public

Hugh Morrison and Geoff Dangerfield, of Port Nelson Ltd, and Simon Orr, Paul Steer and David Scott, of Nelson Airport Ltd will be in attendance for Items 1 and 2 of the Confidential agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution is required to be passed:

Recommendation

 

That the Joint Committee

1.        Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that Hugh Morrison and Geoff Dangerfield from Port Nelson Ltd remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 1 of the Confidential agenda (Port Nelson Ltd six month strategic presentation), as they have knowledge relating to Port Nelson Ltd that will assist the meeting.

2.        Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that Simon Orr and Paul Steere and David Scott from Nelson Airport Ltd remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 1 of the Confidential agenda (Nelson Airport Ltd six month strategic presentation), as he has knowledge relating to Nelson Airport Ltd that will assist the meeting.

Bryant/Skinner

 

Resolved JC/2019/021

 

That the Joint Committee

1.        Excludes the public from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting.

2.        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:

Bryant/Skinner                                                                             Carried

Adjourn 2.41

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

Port Nelson Limited six month strategic presentation

 

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)(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

2

Nelson Airport Limited six month presentation

 

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)(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

3

Joint Council Controlled Organisations – Matters for the Statement of Expectations (Port and  Airport) 2020/2021

 

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 2.41p.m. and resumed in public session at 4.33p.m.

There being no further business the meeting ended at 4.33p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:

 

 

 

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