Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils
Te Kōmiti Mahi Tahi
Held in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Tuesday 29 November 2022, commencing at 1.00p.m.
Nelson City Council: His Worship the Mayor N Smith, Deputy Mayor R O'Neill-Stevens, Councillors M Anderson, M Courtney, K Paki Paki, C Rollo, R Sanson and A Stallard
Present via zoom: Councillors G Daikee, J Ellis and M Kininmonth
In Attendance: Tasman District Council: Acting Chief Executive (L Rae), Group Manager – Finance (M Drummond)
Nelson City Council: Acting Chief Executive (D Bush-King), Group Manager Community Services (A White), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Senior Governance Adviser (M Macfarlane) and Governance Adviser (T Kruger)
1. Apologies
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1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Tasman District Council Councillors M Greening, B Maru, D Shallcrass and Nelson City Council Councillors M Benge, T Brand, J Hodgson, P Rainey and Councillor T Skinner for lateness. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
There were no changes 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. Port Nelson Limited - six-monthly strategic presentation
Document number R26573
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Port Nelson Chief Financial Officer, Daryl Wehner, and QuayConnect General Manager, Jaron McLeod, tended an apology from Chief Executive Officer, Hugh Morrison, and spoke to their tabled presentation (1982984479-5340). Mr Wehner and Mr McLeod answered questions on the profitability of QuayConnect, key threats posed by other ports, what containers were used for bulk wine transport, the risks and costs associated with the development of an inland port, usage rates of existing cranes and availability of containers for the horticulture industry. Port Nelson Representative, Erin King, answered questions on the development of maori engagement plans and the resourcing and timelines involved. |
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1 1982984479-5340 Port Nelson presentation |
6. Nelson Airport Limited - six-monthly strategic presentation
Document number R26575
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Nelson Airport Chairperson, Quinton Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Mark Thompson, and Corporate Services Manager, Simon Orr, spoke to their tabled presentation (1982984479-5339) Mr Hall, Mr Thompson and Mr Orr answered questions on the infrastructure priority for the airport, if there were any strategic levers to encourage competition for flights into Nelson, potential options to alleviate car parking issues, if carbon emissions were tied to growth, the height of the current runway above sea level and the potential extension of the runway. His Worship the Mayor Smith acknowledged the waiving of landing costs for Origin Air flights during the recent closure of SH6. |
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1 1982984479-5339 Nelson Airport presentation |
7. Tasman Bays Heritage Trust - Six Monthly Strategic Presentation
Document number R26622
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Chief Executive, Lucinda Jimson, Chair, Olivia Hall, and Deputy Chair, Emma Thompson, of the Nelson Provincial Museum, spoke to a tabled document (1982984479-5338). Group Manager – Finance, Mike Drummond, answered a question on the remaining balance of the loan issued to Trust. |
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1 1982984479-5338 Tasman Bay Heritage Trust presentation |
8. Infrastructure Holdings Limited (IHL) briefing
Document number R27360
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Port Nelson Chief Financial Officer, Daryl Wehner, spoke to a tabled presentation (1982984479-5337). Mr Wehner noted the focus is to keep mobility and agility, that the holding company is a Council Controlled Trading Organisation which allows access to Local Government Funding Agency funds and that in future the port and airport will report to both Councils alongside IHL. Port Nelson Representative, Mr Wehner, Group Manager – Finance, Mike Drummond and Group Manager Corporate Services, Nikki Harrison answered questions on how costs to date for airport and port had been allocated, ability for climate related financial disclosures and reporting, future reporting from port and airport, appointment of treasury advisor, ability for Councils to provide input on major capital investment, impact of change in interest rates and what synergies and savings were possible. |
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1 1982984479-5337 Infrastructure Holdings Limited presentation |
His Worship the Mayor King vacated the chair and left the meeting at 3.04p.m. His Worship the Mayor Smith assumed the chair.
9. Adjournment of meeting
Due to a loss of quorum the meeting was adjourned at 3.04p.m.
Minutes of part of a meeting of the
Joint Committee of Tasman District and Nelson City Councils
Te Kōmiti Mahi Tahi
Reconvened in the Council Chamber, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Tuesday 13 December 2022, commencing at 12.00p.m.
Present: Tasman District Council: His Worship the Mayor T King (Chairperson), Deputy Mayor S Bryant, Councillors C Butler, G Daikee, B Dowler, J Ellis, M Greening, C Hill, M Kininmonth, C MacKenzie, K Maling, B Maru and T Walker
Nelson City Council: His Worship the Mayor N Smith, Deputy Mayor R O'Neill-Stevens, Councillors M Anderson, M Benge, T Brand, M Courtney, J Hodgson, K Paki Paki, R Sanson, A Stallard and T Skinner
In Attendance: Nelson City Council: Group Manager Community Services (A White), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald), Team Leader (R Byrne) and Governance Adviser (T Kruger)
Apologies: Apologies have been received from TDC Councillors D Shallcrass, T Walker, M Kininmonth and NCC Councillors C Rollo and P Rainey
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Resolved JC/2022/013 |
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1. Receives and accepts the apologies from Tasman District Council Councillors D Shallcrass, T Walker, M Kininmonth and Nelson City Council Councillors C Rollo and P Rainey. |
11. Exclusion of Public
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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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Joint Council Controlled Organisations - Matters for Statements of Expectations (Tasman Bays Heritage Trust and Infrastructure Holdings Limited) 2023-24 |
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 12.02p.m. and resumed in public session at 1.00p.m.
12. Restatements
It was resolved while the public was excluded:
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Joint Council Controlled Organisations - Matters for Statements of Expectations (Tasman Bays Heritage Trust and Infrastructure Holdings Limited) 2023-24 |
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4. Agrees that Report 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. |
There being no further business the meeting ended at 1.01p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 28 March 2023:
The only business transacted in confidential session was to confirm the minutes. In accordance with the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act, no reason for withholding this information from the public exists, therefore this business has been recorded in the open minutes.