Minutes of Hutt City Council

2 28 March 2018

Minutes of an ordinary meeting of The Hutt City Council held in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 30 Laings Road, Lower Hutt on

Wednesday 28 March 2018 commencing at 7.06pm

PRESENT: Mayor WR Wallace (Chair)

Cr G Barratt Cr C Barry

Deputy Mayor D Bassett                         Cr J Briggs
Cr S Edwards                                           Cr T Lewis
Cr M Lulich                                              Cr G McDonald
Cr C Milne                                                Cr L Sutton

APOLOGIES: An apology was received from Cr MJ Cousins.

IN ATTENDANCE: Mr T Stallinger, Chief Executive

Ms K Kelly, General Manager, City Transformation

Mr B Kibblewhite, General Manager, Corporate Services

Mr M Reid, General Manager, City and Community Services

Mr L Allott, Chief Information Officer

Mr M de Haast, Chief Financial Officer

Mr M Mercer, Divisional Manager Community Hubs

Ms L Dalby, Senior Communications Adviser (part meeting)

Ms W Moore, Divisional Manager Strategy and Planning

Ms J Askin, Corporate Planner

Ms K Stannard, Divisional Manager, Democratic Services

Ms H Clegg, Minute Taker

PUBLIC BUSINESS

1. APOLOGIES

Resolved: (Mayor Wallace/Deputy Mayor Bassett) Minute No. C 18201(2)

“That the apologies received from Cr MJ Cousins and Cr L Bridson be accepted and leave of absence be granted.”

2. PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment.

3. CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATIONS

There were no conflict of interest declarations.

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FROM THE COMMUNITY PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 28 MARCH 2018

Resolved: (Mayor Wallace/Deputy Mayor Bassett) Minute No. C 18202(2)

“That Council:

(i) adopts the underlying information for the Proposed 2018-2028 Long Term Plan including:

(a) the Draft Rates Postponement Policy for Residential Ratepayers Aged 65 years and Over;

(b) the Rates Remissions for Community, Sporting and Other Changes;

(c) the Draft 2018 Financial Strategy;

(d) the Draft 2018-28 Long Term Plan budgets;

(e) the key forecasting assumptions;

(f) the Draft 2018-2048 Infrastructure Strategy;

(g) the Draft 2018 Revenue and Financial Policy; and

(h) the Funding Impact Statement Including Rates for 2018-19;

(ii) resolves that it is financially prudent to have an unbalanced budget in 2018-19 and 2019-20 caused by the accounting treatment of grants paid to the Hutt City Community Facilities Trust (CFT) for capital works carried out by the CFT in these years; and

(iii) adopts the Consultation Document, which includes the audit opinion, for the 2018-2028 Long Term Plan public consultation process.”

5. QUESTIONS

There were no questions.

There being no further business the Chair declared the meeting closed at 7.07 pm.

WR Wallace

MAYOR

CONFIRMED as a true and correct record

Dated this 22^nd day of May 2018