Notice of Meeting:

I hereby give notice that an ordinary meeting of the Dunedin City Council will be held on:

Date:                                                    Wednesday 13 May 2026

Time:                                                   9.00 am

Venue:                                                Council Chamber, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, the Octagon, Dunedin

Sandy Graham

Chief Executive Officer

Council

PUBLIC AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Mayor	Mayor Sophie Barker
Deputy Mayor	Cr Cherry Lucas
Members	Cr John Chambers	Cr Christine Garey
	Cr Doug Hall	Cr Marie Laufiso
	Cr Russell Lund	Cr Mandy Mayhem
	Cr Benedict Ong	Cr Andrew Simms
	Cr Mickey Treadwell	Cr Lee Vandervis
	Cr Steve Walker	Cr Brent Weatherall

Senior Officer                                               Sandy Graham, Chief Executive

Governance Support Officer                  Lynne Adamson

Lynne Adamson

Governance Support Officer

Telephone: 03 477 4000

governance.support@dcc.govt.nz

www.dunedin.govt.nz

Note: Reports and recommendations contained in this agenda are not to be considered as Council policy until adopted.

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ITEM TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                                                                         PAGE

1             Apologies                                                                                                                                                                    4

2             Confirmation of Agenda                                                                                                                                        4

3             Declaration of Interest                                                                                                                                           5   

Reports

4 Hearings scheduled for the Annual Plan and late submissions                                                            15         

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1          Apologies

An apology has been received from Mayor Sophie Barker.

That the Council:

Accepts the apology from Mayor Sophie Barker.

2          Confirmation of agenda

Note: Any additions must be approved by resolution with an explanation as to why they cannot be delayed until a future meeting.

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Declaration of Interest

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.         Members are reminded of the need to stand aside from decision-making when a conflict arises between their role as an elected representative and any private or other external interest they might have.

2.         Elected members are reminded to update their register of interests as soon as practicable, including amending the register at this meeting if necessary.

3.         Staff members are reminded to update their register of interests as soon as practicable.

RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Council:

a)         Notes/Amends if necessary the Elected Members' Interest Register attached as Attachment A; and

b)        Confirms/Amends the proposed management plan for Elected Members' Interests.

c)         Notes the proposed management plan for the Executive Leadership Teams’ Interests.

Attachments

	Title	Page
⇩a	Elected Members' Interest Register	6
⇩b	Executive Leadership Team Interest Register	13

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Reports

Hearings scheduled for the Annual Plan and late submissions

Department: Civic

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1          The purpose of this report is to provide the Council with a schedule of submitters wishing to present their views at the Annual Plan hearings to be held on 13 May 2026, and to consider whether or not to accept late submissions received.

2          Approximately 146 submissions have been received, with 32 submitters wishing to present their submissions to Councillors.  Submissions closed on 29 April 2026. At the time of writing this report, two submissions have been received since the closing date.

RECOMMENDATIONS

That the Council:

a)         Considers whether to allow the late submissions to be accepted.

DISCUSSION

3          Hearings for the Annual Plan 2026/27 will be held as follows:

·        Wednesday, 13 May         9:00am to 4:30pm

4          Attached to this report is the Annual Plan Speaking Schedule (Attachment A).  Please note that the schedule for hearings is subject to change.  An updated scheduled will be emailed to Councillors as necessary. 

Late submissions

5          Submissions closed at 12 noon on 29 April 2026.  Two late submissions have been received; those submissions were tagged as “late submissions” and have not been assigned topics. 

6          Late submissions have been received from:

Name	Organisation	Submission number	Scheduled to speak
Chris Ford	Disabled Persons Assembly (NZ) Inc	1294490	Yes
Michael Eathorne-Gould	Dunedin Gymnastic Academy	1294363	Yes

7          Late submissions received during previous Annual Plan and 10 year plan consultation processes have been accepted by Council, and it is recommended that these submissions are also accepted.

8          As this is an administrative only report, a summary of considerations is not required.

OPTIONS

9          There are no options.

NEXT STEPS

10        If the late submissions are accepted, they will be processed.

Signatories

Author:	Janet Fraser - Corporate Planner
Authoriser:	Carolyn Allan - Chief Financial Officer

Attachments

	Title	Page
⇩a	Speaking List as at 6 May 2026	17

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