Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the

Nelson City Council

Te Kaunihera o Whakatū

Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Tuesday 23 November 2021, commencing at 1.37p.m.

 

Present:              Her Worship the Mayor R Reese (Chairperson), Councillors Y Bowater, T Brand, M Courtney, K Fulton, M Lawrey, R O'Neill-Stevens, B McGurk, R Sanson and T Skinner

In Attendance:    Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)

Apologies:           Councillors J Edgar and G Noonan

 

 
Karakia and Mihi Timatanga

 

1.       Apologies

Resolved CL/2021/248

 

That the Council

1.        Receives and accepts the apologies from Councillors J Edgar and G Noonan.

Courtney/Brand                                                                            Carried

 

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.       Mayor's Report

Document number R26431

There was no Mayor’s report.

 

6.       Councillor O'Neill-Stevens Notice of Motion - 'Free Fares'

Document number R26430, agenda pages 4 - 7 refer.

Councillor O’Neill Stevens, seconded by Councillor Lawrey, moved the following motion:

 

 

That the Council

1.     Supports and adds its name to the Free Fares Campaign being coordinated by the Aotearoa Collective for Public Transport Equity, noting:

a)  The campaign is advocating for the Government to provide free public transport for Community Service Card holders, tertiary students and under-25s; and

b)  That supporting this campaign does not require any further actions by Council.

 

Councillor O’Neill-Stevens spoke to the Notice of Motion. He answered questions, including how the Free Fares Campaign related to the Regional Public Transport Strategy and Regional Land Transport Strategy, why Central Government was the right place to advocate to, how national funding would work, thought given to active transport modes and the overall cost for New Zealand should free fares be granted.

The Notice of Motion was debated.

 

 

That the Council

1.     Supports and adds its name to the Free Fares Campaign being coordinated by the Aotearoa Collective for Public Transport Equity, noting:

a)  The campaign is advocating for the Government to provide free public transport for Community Service Card holders, tertiary students and under-25s; and

b)  That supporting this campaign does not require any further actions by Council.

 

The motion was put and a division was called:

For

Cr Courtney

Cr Fulton

Cr Lawrey

Cr O'Neill-Stevens

Cr Sanson

Against

Cr Bowater

Cr Brand

Cr McGurk

Cr Skinner

Mayor Reese (Chairperson)

Abstained/Interest

 

The voting on the motion was equal 5 – 5 and therefore declared lost.

O'Neill-Stevens/Lawrey                                                                Lost

     

Her Worship the Mayor undertook for her and the Chairperson of the Regional Transport Committee to write to relevant Ministers to strengthen Council’s submission to the Emissions Reductions Plan consultation with a view to broadening the range of issues raised regarding transport.

 

Karakia whakamutunga

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.52p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 8 December 2021

 

Resolved CL/2021/253

That the Council

1. Confirms the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Council, held on 23 November 2021, as a true and correct record.