Minutes of a meeting of the

Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

Te Kōmiti Mahi Tahi

Held via Zoom on Tuesday 2 November 2021, commencing at 9.33a.m.

 

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

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

In Attendance:    Tasman District Council Acting Chief Executive (D Bush-King), Group Manager Service and Strategy (S Edwards), Group Manager Finance (M Drummond), Group Manager Information, Science and Technology (S Manners), and

                          Nelson City Chief Executive (P Dougherty), Group Manager Environmental Management (C Barton), Group Manager Community Services (A White), Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (J Brandt)

Apologies:           His Worship the Mayor of Tasman District T King, Tasman District Councillors M Greening and C Hill, and T Walker (for lateness)

 

 

1.       Apologies

Resolved JC/2021/013

 

That the Joint Committee

1.        Receives and accepts apologies from His Worship the Mayor of Tasman Tim King and Tasman District Councillors Mark Greening and Chris Hill for attendance and for lateness from Councillor Trindi Walker.

Her Worship the Mayor/Edgar                                                        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.       Confirmation of Minutes

5.1      6 July 2021

Document number M18779, agenda pages 6 - 10 refer.

A correction was made on agenda page 7, changing ‘Urban Subcommittee’ to ‘Urban Development Subcommittee’.

Resolved JC/2021/014

 

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.    Confirms the amended minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils, held on 6 July 2021, as a true and correct record.

Edgar/Bryant                                                                                Carried

  

6.       Port Nelson Limited - six-monthly strategic presentation

Document number R26283

Paul Zealand, Board member, and Hugh Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Port Nelson gave a six-monthly strategic presentation. They provided a PowerPoint presentation (A2777569).

Mr Morrison answered questions about health and safety measures, port noise monitoring, COVID-19 vaccination rates and shipping delays.

Attachments

1    A2777569 - Port Nelson Ltd – Six-monthly presentation - PowerPoint 2Nov2021

 

The meeting was adjourned from 10.13a.m. until 10.19a.m.

 

Attendance: Tasman District Councillor T Walker joined the meeting at 10.24a.m.

7.       Nelson Airport Limited - six-monthly strategic presentation

Document number R26284

Paul Steere, Board Chair, and Mark Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, gave a six-monthly strategic presentation. They provided a PowerPoint presentation (A2777577).

Mr Steere answered questions about the in-house fire rescue service, the perimeter fence, planned measures if passenger numbers were to fall, changes to car parking, COVID-19 vaccination compliance and staff morale.

Attachments

1    A2777577 - Nelson Airport Ltd – Six-monthly presentation - PowerPoint - 2Nov2021

 

8.       Tasman Bays Heritage Trust – six-monthly strategic presentation

Document number R24775

Olivia Hall, Chair of the Tasman Bays Heritage Trust, and Lucinda Blackley-Jimson, Chief Executive of the Nelson Provincial Museum, gave a six-monthly strategic presentation. They provided a PowerPoint presentation (A2777553).

Ms Blackley-Jimson answered questions about the Archive Research and Collections (ARC) facility.

Attachments

1    A2777553 - Tasman Bays Heritage Trust – Six-monthly presentation - PowerPoint 2Nov2021

 

9.       Future Development Strategy 2022 - Governance structure to oversee the Special Consultative Procedure

Document number R26348, agenda pages 11 - 19 refer.

Nelson City Group Manager Environmental Management, Clare Barton, supported by Tasman District Growth Coordinator, Jacqui Deans, presented the report.

Ms Barton and Ms Deans answered questions about the engagement process with iwi regarding Mātauranga Māori appointments.

Councillor Bryant, seconded by Councillor Edgar, moved the following motion:

 

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.     Receives the report Future Development Strategy 2022 - Governance structure to oversee the Special Consultative Procedure  (R26348) and its attachment (A2772759); and

2.     Agrees to appoint a Subcommittee to oversee the Special Consultative Procedure for the draft Future Development Strategy 2022; and

3.     Agrees that it would be appropriate for the Subcommittee to have the skills and experience relating to Mātauranga Māori; and

4.     Notes that officers will be preparing a report for a meeting with Iwi Chairs seeking their views on the appointment process for up to three Mātauranga Māori representatives to the Subcommittee and that the outcomes of that discussion will be reported back to the next Joint Committee in 2022; and

5.     Agrees that the Subcommittee is made up of three Elected Members of each Council; being the Mayors, Deputy Mayors, Cr Kit Maling (for TDC) and Cr McGurk (for NCC), and up to three Mātauranga Māori representatives to be confirmed at the next Joint Committee meeting; and

6.     Adopts the draft Terms of Reference for the Subcommittee, as attached (A2772759); and

7.     Notes the Subcommittee will cease to exist once the Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy 2022 is adopted.

 

During debate, with the agreement of the mover and seconder, clause 5 was amended, removing the names of individual councillors, as it was agreed each Council would decide who their representatives are and for the Joint Committee to confirm this at the first meeting in 2022.

The motion was put.

Resolved JC/2021/015

 

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.    Receives the report Future Development Strategy 2022 - Governance structure to oversee the Special Consultative Procedure  (R26348) and its attachment (A2772759); and

2.    Agrees to appoint a Subcommittee to oversee the Special Consultative Procedure for the draft Future Development Strategy 2022; and

3.    Agrees that it would be appropriate for the Subcommittee to have the skills and experience relating to Mātauranga Māori; and

4.    Notes that officers will be preparing a report for a meeting with Iwi Chairs seeking their views on the appointment process for up to three Mātauranga Māori representatives to the Subcommittee and that the outcomes of that discussion will be reported back to the next Joint Committee in 2022; and

5.    Agrees that the Subcommittee is made up of three Elected Members of each Council; including its Mayor, Deputy Mayor and one other member, and up to three Mātauranga Māori representatives to be confirmed at the next Joint Committee meeting; and

6.    Adopts the draft Terms of Reference for the Subcommittee, as attached (A2772759); and

7.    Notes the Subcommittee will cease to exist once the Nelson Tasman Future Development Strategy 2022 is adopted.

Bryant/Edgar                                                                                Carried

   

 

10.     Exclusion of the Public

 

Resolved JC/2021/016

 

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:  

Her Worship the Mayor/Bryant                                                      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

Joint Council Controlled Organisations - Matters for Statement of Expectation (Tasman Bays Heritage Trust, Port Nelson, Nelson Airport) 2022-23

 

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)(i)

     To protect information where the making available of the information would disclose a trade secret

·   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 11.49a.m and resumed in public session at 12.16p.m.

11.     Restatements

 

It was resolved while the public was excluded:

 

1

CONFIDENTIAL: Joint Council Controlled Organisations - Matters for Statement of Expectation (Tasman Bays Heritage Trust, Port Nelson, Nelson Airport) 2022-23

 

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

4.    Agrees that Report R26337 and the decision be made publicly available once the completed Statements of Expectation are made available on the Tasman District Council and Nelson City Council websites.

 


 

KARAKIA WHAKAMUTUNGA

There being no further business the meeting ended at 12.17p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 22 March 2022:

 

Resolved JC/2022/004

 

That the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils, held on 2 November 2021, as a true and correct record.