Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Nelson City Council
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson
On Thursday 10 December 2020, commencing at 8.35a.m.
Present: Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, J Edgar (Deputy Mayor), K Fulton, M Lawrey, R O'Neill-Stevens, B McGurk, G Noonan, P Rainey, R Sanson and T Skinner
In Attendance: Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Acting Group Manager Community Services (M Preston-Thomas), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (E Stephenson)
Apologies : Councillor Fulton for lateness
Karakia Timatanga
There was an opening karakia.
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Resolved CL/2020/185 |
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1. Receives and accepts an apology from Councillor Fulton for lateness.
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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.
5. Mayor's Report
There was no Mayor’s Report.
Attendance: Councillor Brand entered the meeting at 8.38a.m.
Attendance: Councillor Skinner entered the meeting at 8.39a.m.
Meg Matthews, Cawthron Institute Chair, and Stuart Cooper, Cawthron Institute Chief Commercial Officer, were in attendance for Item 1 of the Confidential agenda - Strategic land funding allocation, 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 Meg Matthews, Cawthron Institute Chair, and Stuart Cooper, Cawthron Institute Chief Commercial Officer, remain after the public has been excluded, Item 1 of the Confidential agenda - Strategic land funding allocation, as they have knowledge 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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Strategic land funding allocation
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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)(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) |
The meeting went into confidential session at 8.39a.m. and resumed in public session at 9.59a.m.
Karakia Whakamutunga
There was a closing karakia.
Restatements
It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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PUBLIC EXCLUDED: Strategic land funding allocation |
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That the Council 7. Agrees that Report (R22521), Attachments (A2538236) and the decision remain confidential at this time. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 9.59a.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings:
Chairperson
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