Meeting of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council Maori Committee

Date:                 Tuesday 30 August 2011

Time:                10.15am

Venue:

Council Chamber Hawke's Bay Regional Council 159 Dalton Street NAPIER

Agenda

Item       Subject                                                                                                                  Page

1.         Welcome/Notices/Apologies 

2.         Conflict of Interest Declarations

3.         Short Term Replacements  

4.         Confirmation of Minutes of the Maori Committee held on 28 June 2011

5.         Matters Arising from Minutes of the  Maori Committee held on 28 June 2011

6.         Consideration of General Business Items

7.         Action Items From Previous Maori Committee Meetings

Decision Items

8.         Replacement Maori Committee Member on Environmental Management Committee

Information or Performance Monitoring

9.         Discussion on Joint Planning Committee

10.       Verbal Update by CEO

11.       Water Strategy and Plan Change Presentation & Ruataniwha Water Storage Project  Verbal Presentation

12.       General Business

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 30 August 2011

SUBJECT: Short Term Replacements

REASON FOR REPORT:

1.      Council has made allowance in the terms of reference of the Committee for short term replacements to be appointed to the Committee where the usual member/s cannot stand.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Maori Committee :

That ______________  be appointed as member/s of the Maori Committee of the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council for the meeting of Tuesday, 30 August 2011 as short term replacements(s) on the Committee for ________________

Viv Moule Human Resources Manager

Andrew Newman Chief Executive

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 30 August 2011

SUBJECT: Action Items From Previous Maori Committee Meetings

INTRODUCTION:

1.   On the list attached as Appendix 1 are items raised at Council meetings that require actions or follow-ups. All action items indicate who is responsible for each action, when it is expected to be completed and a brief status comment for each action. Once the items have been completed and reported to Council they will be removed from the list.

DECISION MAKING PROCESS:

Council is required to make a decision in accordance with Part 6 Sub-Part 1, of the Local Government Act 2002 (the Act). Staff have assessed the requirements contained within this section of the Act in relation to this item and have concluded that as this report is for information only and no decision is required in terms of the Local Government Act’s provisions, the decision making procedures set out in the Act do not apply.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.      That the Maori Committee receives the report “Action Items from Previous Meetings”.

Viv Moule

Human Resources Manager

Attachment/s

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Actions from Maori Committee Meetings

Actions from Maori Committee Meetings

Attachment 1

Actions from Maori Committee Meetings

	Agenda Item	Action	Person Responsible	Due Date	Status Comment
1.	Maori Committee Joint Hui	Advise of progress	VM	June	Discussions with HDC – proposed dates in July or August to be confirmed

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 30 August 2011

SUBJECT: Replacement Maori Committee Member on Environmental Management Committee

REASON FOR REPORT

1.      The Chairman of the Maori Committee has had an indication from Mr Morry Black that this will be his last meeting with the Maori Committee. He indicated at the last Environmental Management Committee on 10 August that he would be resigning as a Maori representative on that Committee.

2.      This paper is to provide an opportunity to nominate a member of the Maori Committee to replace Mr Black on the Environmental Committee.

3.      At present Mr Black and Mr Peter Paku represent the Maori Committee on the Environmental Management Committee.

Background

4.      While the Council’s committees are undergoing a review in light of the establishment of the Joint Planning Committee, it is envisaged that the Environmental Management Committee will continue for some time yet.

5.      On that basis it is appropriate to seek a replacement nomination for this Committee.

RECOMMENDATION

The Maori Committee recommends to the Environmental Management Committee:

1.    That…………………………………….replaces Mr Morry Black as one of the two Maori Committee  representatives on the Environmental Management Committee.

Viv Moule Human Resources Manager

Andrew Newman Chief Executive

Attachment/s

There are no attachments for this report.

HAWKE’S BAY REGIONAL COUNCIL

Maori Committee

Tuesday 30 August 2011

SUBJECT: General Business

INTRODUCTION:

This document has been prepared to assist Councillors note the General Business to be discussed as determined earlier in Agenda Item 6.

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