Minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the

Chief Executive Employment Committee

Te Kōmiti Taimahi Tumuaki

Held in the Council Chamber, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Wednesday 15 February 2023, commencing at 1.07p.m.

 

Present:              His Worship the Mayor N Smith, Deputy Mayor R O'Neill-Stevens, T Brand and P Rainey

In Attendance:    Interim Chief Executive (L McKenzie), iwi Representative (R Hāte) and Team Leader Governance (R Byrne)

Apologies :          Nil

 

 

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

Rachael Hāte, iwi Representative, was in attendance for the Confidential agenda to answer questions and, accordingly, the following resolution was required to be passed:

Resolved CEE/2023/004

 

That the Chief Executive Employment Committee

1.        Confirms, in accordance with sections 48(5) and 48(6) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, that iwi Representative Rachael Hāte remain after the public has been excluded, for Item 1 of the Confidential agenda (Recruitment of a Chief Executive), as she has  knowledge that will assist the meeting.

O'Neill-Stevens/Rainey                                                                  Carried

 

Resolved CEE/2023/005

 

That the Chief Executive Employment 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:

 

O'Neill-Stevens/Rainey                                                                  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

Recruitment of a Chief Executive

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 confidential session at 1.09p.m. and resumed in public session at 2.39p.m.

 

Karakia Whakamutanga

 

 

There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.39p.m.

 

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by resolution on 24 February 2023.

 

That the Chief Executive Employment Committee

1.     Confirms the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Chief Executive Employment Committee, held on 15 February 2023, as a true and correct record.