Council
MINUTES
Minutes of an ordinary meeting of the Dunedin City Council held in the Council Chamber, Municipal Chambers, The Octagon, Dunedin on Tuesday 09 March 2021, commencing at 10.00 am
PRESENT
Mayor |
Mayor Aaron Hawkins |
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Deputy Mayor |
Cr Christine Garey
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Members |
Cr Sophie Barker |
Cr David Benson-Pope |
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Cr Rachel Elder |
Cr Doug Hall |
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Cr Carmen Houlahan |
Cr Marie Laufiso |
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Cr Mike Lord |
Cr Jim O'Malley |
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Cr Jules Radich |
Cr Chris Staynes |
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Cr Lee Vandervis |
Cr Steve Walker |
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Cr Andrew Whiley |
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IN ATTENDANCE |
Sandy Graham (Chief Executive Officer), Simon Drew (General Manager Infrastructure Services), John Christie (Director Enterprise Dunedin), Robert West (Acting General Manager City Services), Graham McKerracher (Manager, Council Communications and Marketing), Jeanette Wikaira (Kaiwhakamāherehere), Gavin Logie (Acting General Manager Finance), Nicola Pinfold (Group Manager Community and Planning), Jinty MacTavish (Principal Policy Advisor) and Clare Sullivan (Team Leader Civic) |
Governance Support Officer Lynne Adamson
The Mayor acknowledged the sad passing of Anthony (Tony) Parata, from Puketeraki, Karitane. Mr Parata was a former Dunedin City Councillor who represented the Karitane community for two terms. After leaving Council, he remained active in civic affairs and was the chair of the Moana Gow Pool Trust. The thoughts of Council were with Mr Parata’s family during this sad time.
1 Public Forum
There was no Public Forum.
There were no apologies.
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Moved (Mayor Aaron Hawkins/Cr Christine Garey): That the Council:
Confirms the agenda without addition or alteration.
Motion carried
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Members were reminded of the need to stand aside from decision-making when a conflict arose between their role as an elected representative and any private or other external interest they might have.
Cr Doug Hall left the meeting at 10.03 am.
Crs Mike Lord and Rachel Elder left the meeting at 11.41 am.
Cr Mike Lord returned to the meeting at 11.42 am and Cr Rachel Elder returned at 11.43 am.
7 Supporting documentation for the 10 year plan consultation document |
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A report from Corporate Policy sought approval of the remaining supporting documentation to support the community engagement and consultation on the 10 year plan 2021-31. |
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The Acting General Manager Finance (Gavin Logie) and Corporate Planner (Sharon Bodeker) spoke to the report and responded to questions.
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Moved (Cr Chris Staynes/Cr Christine Garey): That the Council:
a) Adopts for the purposes of developing the 10 year plan 2021-31 and consulting with the community, the i) Financial information as shown in Attachment A to the report; ii) Signficant forecasting assumptions as shown in Attachment B to the report; iii) Council controlled organsiations, as shown in Attachment C to the report; iv) Group information as shown in Attachment D to the report; v) Significant negative effects as shown in Attachment E to the report; vi) Statements of variation as shown in Attachment F to the report; vii) Rating information as shown in Attachment G to the report; viii) Draft Financial Strategy as shown in Attachment H to the report; and ix) Draft Infrastructure Strategy as shown in Attachment I to the report. Motion carried (CNL/2021/050) with Cr Vandervis recording his vote against. |
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A report from Corporate Policy noted that consultation document explained the Council’s proposals for the 10 year plan based on the decisions made by Council at its 14 - 15 December 2020 meeting, 27 – 29 January 2021 meeting and 23 February 2021 meeting. |
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The Chief Executive Officer (Sandy Graham) and Corporate Planner (Sharon Bodeker) spoke to the report and responded to questions.
Staff were acknowledged for all their work on the document.
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Moved (Cr Chris Staynes/Cr Steve Walker): That the Council:
a) Approves ‘The future of us - 10 year plan consultation document 2021-31’, subject to Audit New Zealand changes. b) Delegates the Chief Executive the authority to make any minor editing required to the approved consultation document. c) Receives the ‘Independent Auditor’s Report’ from Audit New Zealand. d) Adopts ‘The future of us - 10 year plan consultation document 2021-31’ for consultation with the community. Motion carried (CNL/2021/051) |
Moved: (Mayor Aaron Hawkins/Cr Chris Staynes):
That the Council:
Adjourns the meeting and reconvenes at 12.35 pm.
Motion carried
The meeting adjourned at 12.05 pm and reconvened at 12.39 pm.
9 DCC submission on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 - Proposals for Regulations |
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A report from Corporate Policy sought approval of a draft Dunedin City Council (DCC) submission to the Ministry of Health (MOH) on the Smokefree Environments & Regulated Products Act 1990 – Proposals for regulations. |
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The Acting General Manager City Services (Robert West) spoke to the report and responded to questions.
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Moved (Cr Lee Vandervis/Cr Chris Staynes): That the Council:
a) Approves the Dunedin City Council submission to the Ministry of Health on the Smokefree Environments & Regulated Products Act 1990 – Proposals for regulations. Motion carried (CNL/2021/052) |
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Cr Doug Hall withdrew from this item and left the meeting at 12.41 pm. |
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A report from the Executive Leadership Team provided an updated Development Contributions Policy for consideration by Council and noted that the draft Policy would be included in the 10 year plan 2021-2031 consultation. |
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The Acting General Manager (Finance) Gavin Logie spoke to the report and responded to questions of clarification.
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Moved (Cr Lee Vandervis/Cr David Benson-Pope): That the Council:
a) Approves the draft Development Contributions Policy for the purposes of consultation as part of the 10 year plan 2021-31. b) Notes that the final Development Contributions Policy would be considered as part of 10 year plan deliberations.
Division The Council voted by division:
For: Crs Sophie Barker, David Benson-Pope, Rachel Elder, Christine Garey, Marie Laufiso, Mike Lord, Jim O'Malley, Jules Radich, Chris Staynes, Lee Vandervis, Steve Walker, Andrew Whiley and Aaron Hawkins (13). Against: Cr Carmen Houlahan (1). Abstained: Nil
The division was declared CARRIED by 13 votes to 1.
Motion carried (CNL/2021/053) |
Cr Doug Hall returned to the meeting at 1.06 pm.
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A report from Civic sought approval for attendance at the Local Government New Zealand (LGNZ) 2021 conference to be held in Blenheim from 15 to 17 July 2021. |
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The Team Leader Civic (Clare Sullivan) spoke to the report and responded to questions.
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Moved (Cr Andrew Whiley/Cr David Benson-Pope): That the Council:
Approves the attendance of Mayor Aaron Hawkins, Crs Christine Garey and Chris Staynes as the Dunedin City Council’s Zone 6 representatives to the LGNZ Conference in July 2021. Motion carried (CNL/2021/054) With Cr Vandervis recording his vote against. |
The meeting moved into confidential at 1.10 pm and concluded at 1.21 pm.
Councillor Lee Vandervis left the meeting at 1.10 pm.
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MAYOR