1                                                  11 June 2019

HUTT CITY COUNCIL

 

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

 Tuesday 11 June 2019 commencing at 8.49pm

 

 

 

PRESENT:

Mayor WR Wallace (Chair)

 

 

Cr G Barratt

Cr C Barry

 

Deputy Mayor D Bassett

Cr L Bridson

 

Cr MJ Cousins

Cr S Edwards

 

Cr T Lewis

Cr M Lulich

 

Cr C Milne

Cr L Sutton

 

APOLOGIES:                  Crs Briggs and McDonald.  

 

IN ATTENDANCE:        Mr M Reid, Acting Chief Executive/General Manager Community Services

Mr B Kibblewhite, General Manager, Corporate Services

Ms H Oram, Acting General Manager, City Transformation  

Ms J Livschitz, Chief Financial Officer

Ms D Male, Acting Divisional Manager, Democratic Services

Ms H Clegg, Minute Taker

 

PUBLIC BUSINESS

 

 

1.       APOLOGIES 

Resolved:  (Mayor Wallace/Deputy Mayor Bassett)                     Minute No. C 19301

“That the apology received from Crs Briggs and McDonald 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 delarations.

4.

RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL FROM THE COMMUNITY PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 11 JUNE 2019 (19/650)

 

Resolved:  (Mayor Wallace/Deputy Mayor Bassett)                     Minute No. C 19302

“That Council approves the content of the Annual Plan 2019-2020 incorporating the budget and other changes agreed to by the Community Plan Committee at its meeting held on 11 June 2019, including decisions made on the following:

(a)   Budget Updates - Report CPC2019/3/101;

(b)   Naenae Pool – Report CPC2019/3/100;

(c)   Jackson Street Programme – Extension of Area Subject to Targeted Rate – Report CPC2019/3/108;

(d)   Hutt Valley Tennis – Report CPC2019/3/58;

(e)   Petone Recreation Ground – Report CPC2019/3/59;

(f)    Southend Business Group – Report CPC2019/3/60;

(g)   Bell Park – Report CPC2019/3/104;

(h)   Te Whiti Park Proposed Extension – Report CPC2019/3/107;

(i)    Accessibility and Inclusiveness – Report CPC2019/3/110;

(j)    Homelessness in the City – Report CPC2019/3/109;

(k)   Council Contractors and the Living Wage – Report CPC2019/3/103;

(l)    Approval of Non-Financial Content – Report CPC2019/3/99; and

(m)  Further Information Requested by Community Plan Committee – Report CPC2019/3/102.”

5.       QUESTIONS   

There were no questions.

6.       EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC

Resolved:  (Mayor Wallace/Deputy Mayor Bassett)                     Minute No. C 19303

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

7.    Community Plan Committee 11 June 2019 Recommendation to Council - Budget Updates 2019/20 – Commercial Underwrite (19/748)

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.

 

 

 

Community Plan Committee 11 June 2019 Recommendation to Council - Budget Updates 2019/20 – Commercial Underwrite

The withholding of the information is necessary to protect information where the making available of the information would be likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who supplied or who is the subject of the information (s7(2)(b)(ii)).

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.”

 

 

There being no further business the Chair declared the meeting closed at 8.50pm and the non-public portion of the meeting closed at 8.51pm.

 

 

 

 

 

WR Wallace

MAYOR

 

 

CONFIRMED as a true and correct record

Dated this 30th day of July 2019