Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the

Nelson City Council

Te Kaunihera o Whakatū

Held in the via Zoom on Tuesday 5 July 2022, commencing at 2.00p.m.

 

Present:              Acting Mayor J Edgar (Chairperson ), Councillors Y Bowater,    T Brand, M Courtney, K Fulton, M Lawrey, R O'Neill-Stevens,   B McGurk, G Noonan, P Rainey, R Sanson and T Skinner

In Attendance:    K Redgrove (Minute-taker), P Bell (Director, Intepeople) and   A Streefland (Employment Consultant),

Leave of

Absence:            Her Worship the Mayor R Reese

 

Karakia and Mihi Timatanga

 

1.       Apologies

          

    There were no apologies.

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.       Exclusion of the Public

Resolved CL/2022/110

 

That the Council

1.        Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that Paul Bell, Intepeople and Annika Streefland,  Employment Consultant, remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 1 of the Confidential agenda (Chief Executive Recruitment), as they have knowledge that will assist the meeting.

Noonan/Bowater                                                                           Carried

 

Resolved CL/2022/111

 

That the Council

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:  

Noonan/Bowater                                                                           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

Chief Executive Recruitment

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)(a)

     To protect the privacy of natural persons, including that of a deceased person

·    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 a confidential session at 2.05 p.m. at which time Councillor Fulton joined the meeting. Councillor Brand joined the meeting at 2.19 pm.  The meeting resumed in a public session at 3.30 p.m. 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 3.32 p.m.

Karakia whakamutanga.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 25 August 2022.

 

 

That the Council

1.     Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Council, held on 05 July 2022, as a true and correct record.