Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Nelson City Council
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Tuesday 29 September 2020, commencing at 8.35a.m.
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, J Edgar (Deputy Mayor), K Fulton, R O'Neill-Stevens, B McGurk, G Noonan, R Sanson and T Skinner
In Attendance: Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Group Manager Community Services (R Ball), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald) Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Support (K McLean)
Apologies: Councillors M Courtney, M Lawrey and P Rainey
Her Worship the Mayor led the karakia.
1. Apologies
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1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Councillors M Courtney, M Lawrey and P Rainey. |
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.
Her Worship the Mayor advised that while she had no update she acknowledged those who had lost their lives over recent days in two tragic accidents, sending condolences to their family and friends.
Rebecca Leach, from Nelson Regional Development Agency and Tony Lewis, from Tasman Rugby Union, were in attendance for Item 1 of the Confidential agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution was required to be passed:
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1. Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that Rebecca Leach from Nelson Regional Development Agency and Tony Lewis from Tasman Rugby Union remain after the public has been excluded, for the Confidential agenda as they have has knowledge regarding funding that will assist the meeting. |
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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: |
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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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Request for Funding for Major Sporting Event
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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) |
The meeting went into confidential session at 08.37a.m. and resumed in public session at 9.50a.m.
Karakia Whakamutunga
Restatements
It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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CONFIDENTIAL: Request for Funding for Major Sporting Event |
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Agrees that Report (R15868) and the decision be made publicly available following public announcement of the match. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.50a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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