Nelson City Council
Te Kaunihera o Whakatū
Held in the Council Chamber, Floor 2A, Civic House, 110 Trafalgar Street, Nelson on Friday 22 March 2024, commencing at 1.30p.m.
Present: Deputy Mayor R O'Neill-Stevens (Chairperson), His Worship the Mayor N Smith, Councillors M Anderson, M Benge, T Brand, M Courtney, J Hodgson, K Paki Paki, P Rainey, C Rollo, T Skinner and A Stallard
In Attendance: Chief Executive (N Philpott), Deputy Chief Executive/Group Manager Infrastructure (A Louverdis), Group Manager Environmental Management (M Bishop), Group Manager Community Services (A White), Group Manager Corporate Services (N Harrison), Group Manager Strategy and Communications (N McDonald) and Team Leader Governance (R Byrne) and Senior Governance Adviser (H Wagener)
Apology: An apology has been received from Councillor R Sanson
Karakia and Mihi Timatanga
1. Apologies
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1. Receives and accepts an apology from Councillor R Sanson. |
2. Confirmation of Order of Business
The Chair advised that Agenda Item 6: Adoption of the Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document would be taken first to accommodate Audit NZ.
There were no updates to the Interests Register, and no interests with items on the agenda were declared.
5. Adoption of the Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document (Item 6 of the Agenda)
Document number R28102, agenda pages 12 - 583 refer.
The meeting was adjourned from 1.37p.m.until 1.40p.m.
Group Manager Strategy and Communications, Nicky McDonald Group Manager Corporate Services, Nikki Harrison, and Senior Policy Adviser, Louis Dalzell took the report as read and provided a proposed addition to the Draft Consultation Document (tabled 1852948764-892) to include an additional paragraph on page 16 providing examples of service cuts that Council could choose to make and to add an explanatory sentence on the proposed Council accessibility strategy and audit. Ms McDonald provided the Nelson City Council Audit Report (tabled 1852948764-899) and a letter of representation to Audit New Zealand (tabled 1852948764-898).
Audit New Zealand Audit Director, John Mackey spoke to the Nelson City Council Audit Report (1852948764-899).
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1. Receives the report Adoption of the Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document (R28102) and its attachments (1852948764-360, 1852948764-634, 1530519604-11301, 1852948764-480, 1852948764-675, 332184083-5274, 1852948764-535, 336940202-11140, 336940202-11141, 2010958706-10042, 1852948764-352, 1852948764-434, 1852948764-423, 1852948764-424); and 2. Approves for consultation an amended Storm Recovery Charge rating proposal set on a uniform basis of $300 (including GST) per separately used or inhabited part of a rating unit for the ten year period 2024/25 to 2033/34; and 3. Approves reallocating $50,000 of Better Off Funding from promoting a community car sharing scheme to the project to transition Arts Council Nelson to an Arts Development Agency; and 4. Adopts the following documents as supporting information for Nelson’s Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document as required by section 93G of the Local Government Act 2002: a. Draft Infrastructure Strategy 2024-2054 (1530519604-11301: Attachment 3) b. Draft Financial Strategy (1852948764-480: Attachment 4) c. Draft Significant Forecasting Assumptions (1852948764-675: Attachment 5) d. Draft Supporting Financial Information for the Long Term Plan 2024-34 Consultation Document (332184083-5274: Attachment 6) e. Draft Council Activity summaries (1852948764-535: Attachment 7) f. Draft Nelson City Housing and Business Capacity Assessment (336940202-11140: Attachment 8) g. Draft Nelson and Tasman Tier 2 Urban Environment Housing and Business Assessment (336940202-11141: Attachment 9); and 5. Approves the amended draft Eligibility Buy-out Principles (2010958706-10042: Attachment 10) for consultation as part of the 'Buy-out of private properties affected by slips' Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document key issue; and 6. Agrees that having considered Council’s Significance and Engagement Policy and the importance of other matters to the district and its communities, that the key issues facing Council and the district are described in the Consultation Document; and 7. Agrees that the Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document (1852948764-360: Attachment 1) provides a fair representation of the matters that are proposed in the Long Term Plan and is an effective basis for public consultation as required by section 93B of the Local Government Act; and 8. Receives the Audit Opinion from Audit New Zealand for inclusion in the Consultation Document; and 9. Adopts the amended Long Term Plan 2024-2034 Consultation Document (1852948764-360: Attachment 1 including tabled amendments 1852948764-892), for public consultation in accordance with the relevant sections 93 - 93F of the Local Government Act 2002; and 10. Agrees that the consultation approach (set out in paragraphs 5.19 to 5.23 of this report R28102): a. includes sufficient steps to ensure the following documents will be reasonably accessible to the public and will be publicised in a manner appropriate to their purpose and significance: i. Long Term Plan Consultation Document 2024-2034 ii. supporting information iii. the consultation information that will be consulted on in parallel with the Consultation Document; and b. will result in the Long Term Plan Consultation Document 2024-2034, supporting information, and the consultation information that will be consulted on in parallel with the Consultation Document, being as widely publicised as is reasonably practicable as a basis for consultation c. meets the requirements of section 82 and 83 of the Local Government Act 2002; and 11. Approves the amended draft Revenue and Financing Policy (1852948764-352: Attachment 11) for public consultation in accordance with sections 102, 103, 82 and 82A of the Local Government Act 2002; and 12. Approves the following consultation information in accordance with sections 82 and 82A of the Local Government Act 2002: a. Consultation information on the draft Revenue and Financing Policy (1852948764-434: Attachment 12) b. Consultation information on the draft Rating Policies (1852948764-423: Attachment 13) c. Consultation information on the draft Significance and Engagement Policy (1852948764-424: Attachment 14); and 13. Agrees His Worship Mayor Hon Dr Smith and the Chief Executive be delegated authority to approve any minor amendments required to documents prior to them being made available for public consultation. |
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1 1852948764-892 Proposed addition to Draft Consultation Document 2 1852948764-899 Nelson City Council Audit Report 22 March 2024 3 1852948764-898 - Letter of representation to Audit New Zealand 22 March 2024 |
6. Mayor's Report (Item 5 of the Agenda)
Document number R28445, agenda pages 7 - 11 refer.
His Worship the Mayor Hon Dr Smith took the report as read and answered questions on the response by Nelson Cricket to Council concerns regarding alcohol advertising during the international cricket games in December 2023, the grounds for the original alcohol advertisement restrictions in the Saxton Field Management Plan and implications for democratic governance decision-making of the recommendation to delegate decision-making to the Joint Committee of the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils.
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1. Receives the report Mayor's Report (R28445) and its attachment (118544611-7647); and 2. Delegates, subject to Tasman District Council approval, to the Joint Committee of the Nelson City and Tasman District Councils consideration and decisions on any recommendations from the Saxton Field Committee regarding changes to the Saxton Field Management Plan, in respect of alcohol advertising. |
Karakia Whakamutanga
There being no further business the meeting ended at 2.29p.m.
Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings by
resolution on 04 April 2024.
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1. Confirms the minutes of the meeting of the Council, held on 22 March 2024, as a true and correct record. |