Minutes of Hutt City Council

2 15 August 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 15 August 2018 commencing at 5.30pm

PRESENT:	Acting Mayor D Bassett (Chair)
	Cr G Barratt	Cr C Barry
	Cr L Bridson	Cr J Briggs
	Cr MJ Cousins	Cr S Edwards
	Cr T Lewis	Cr M Lulich
	Cr G McDonald	Cr C Milne
	Cr L Sutton

APOLOGIES: Mayor WR Wallace

IN ATTENDANCE: Mr T Stallinger, Chief Executive

Ms K Stannard, Divisional Manager, Democratic Services

PUBLIC BUSINESS

1. APOLOGIES

Resolved: (Acting Mayor Bassett/Cr Barratt) Minute No. C 18401

“That the apology received from Mayor Wallace 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.

4. SUBCommittee Report with Recommended Item

Hearings Subcommittee

1 August 2018

Resolved: (Cr Cousins/Cr Briggs) Minute No. C 18402

“That the report of the meeting held on 1 August 2018, with the exception of item 3 be adopted.”

Recommended Item

Item 3.

EARTHQUAKE-PRONE PRIORITY BUILDINGS (18/1250)

Resolved: (Cr Cousins/Cr Edwards) Minute No. C 18403

“That Council:

(i) notes the system for identifying and managing earthquake-prone buildings changed on 1 July 2017 when the Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 became effective;

(ii) approves the Proposed Priority Routes and Earthquake-Prone Priority Buildings proposal, as attached as Appendices 1-4 to the report; and

(iii) asks officers to respond to the submitter using the Summary of Submissions attached as Appendix 5 to the report, and offer to meet with the submitter to discuss that Summary and associated matters should he wish it.”

5. QUESTIONS

There were no questions.

6. EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

Resolved: (Acting Mayor Bassett/Cr Barratt) Minute No. C 18404

“That the public be excluded from the following parts of the proceedings of this meeting, namely:

7. Chief Executive’s Performance and Remuneration 2017/2018 Review (18/1301)

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:

(A)	(B)	(C)

General subject of the matter to be considered.	Reason for passing this resolution in relation to each matter.	Ground under section 48(1) for the passing of this resolution.

Chief Executive’s Performance and Remuneration 2017/2018 Review.	The withholding of the information is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons. (s7(2)(a)).	That the public conduct of the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting would be likely to result in the disclosure of information for which good reason for withholding exist.

This resolution is made in reliance on section 48(1) of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 and the particular interest or interests protected by section 6 or 7 of that Act which would be prejudiced by the holding of the whole or the relevant part of the proceedings of the meeting in public are as specified in Column (B) above.”

Resolved: (Acting Mayor Bassett/Cr Barratt) Minute No. C 18405

“That Mr Peter McLaren, Chair, Advisory Board of McLaren Associates Limited, be permitted to remain after the public during consideration of the item “Chief Executive’s Performance and Remuneration 2017/2018 Review” as he has knowledge of the matter to be discussed that will assist Council in relation to this item.”

There being no further business the Chair declared the meeting closed at 5.35pm and the non-public portion closed at 7.30pm.

D Bassett

ACTING MAYOR

CONFIRMED as a true and correct record

Dated this 9^th day of October 2018